Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud today vigorously defended the promotion of the two police officers who tortured a teen boy, saying the ranks were exonerated and that “life must go on.”
Speaking for the first time on the promotions, Persaud argued that even though the High Court had found the ranks liable for the torture, they were not given a chance to represent themselves in the case and therefore natural justice did not prevail.
Several persons have expressed shock and dismay at the promotion of Sergeant Narine Lall to the rank of Inspector and Constable Mohanram Dolai to the rank of Corporal. Last week, the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC), in
