No response to NIS inspectors request for charges against Shivraj, workers

Calls by National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspectors, for charges to be laid against businessman Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj and workers accused of holding an inspection team captive and assaulting them, have been ignored.

A month since the alleged attack, a source close to the investigations told Stabroek News recently that the last word from the police was that the matter was with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The source questioned how this could be so when neither Shivraj nor any of the implicated employees were ever arrested or questioned.

“We were unsure before but we are sure now that nothing will come out of this matter. It will be allowed to run its