Police investigators have made a formal request of the telephone service provider to verify whether the mobile phone used by miner Dax Arokium was in his possession at Lindo Creek where he and seven other men were killed in June.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, who is spearheading investigations, told Stabroek News yesterday that after the third lawyer’s letter sent to Commissioner of Police Henry Greene on behalf of camp owner Leonard Arokium, an immediate request was made to the phone company. Arokium has said that the phone was in his son’s possession and has revealed that phone records show that over 40 calls were made in August from the phone.
“As soon as we get the information from them [the phone company] we will have information to work on, but as of now there is nothing to work on,” Persaud said.
He also maintained that the police was not given the number previously by Arokium, despite claims that the number was given to them in a statement since June 21, after the camp boss travelled back to the city following the gruesome discovery of the burnt remains of his workers.
Yesterday Arokium said that he had also provided about four other numbers to the lawmen. He said he did not expect the police to say that they had received the number.
Meanwhile Stabroek News was reliably informed that a person who was close to one of the dead men met with Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee at his Brickdam Office yesterday. This newspaper was also told that the person may have shared information about the incident with the minister.
Attempts by this newspaper to confirm same with Rohee yesterday proved futile. When first reached Rohee told Stabroek News that he was in a meeting and could not speak. Later Rohee said he would not take any questions from the media “tonight”[last night].
On Wednesday the police denied ever receiving any telephone number from Arokium, saying that a check of the statement taken on the night in question and all others uplifted by the police has revealed no information about Dax Arokium being in possession of a cellular phone at Lindo Creek or elsewhere.
Leonard Arokium stumbled upon the remains of his eight workers on June 21. Up to now mystery shrouds the deaths although police say that the acts had the trademarks of now dead fugitive Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang.
