Police complaints body to probe hanging at Enmore lock-ups

By Zoisa Fraser

Following repeated pleas for justice by relatives and several letters by attorney-at-law Anil Nandlall, the Police Complaints Authority has launched an investigation into the death of Ramesh Sawh who was found hanging by his jersey in the Enmore lock-ups in January.

Nandlall when contacted on Wednesday informed this newspaper that he had received a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) stating that the issues he had raised in a previous letter are being investigated by the Police Complaints Authority.
Among the issues raised in Nandlall’s letter was the fact that there were no pipes or fixtures in the cell that could have facilitated a hanging and the fact that he was held in the lock-ups by the police before without a problem.