Prisoner found hanging at East R’veldt outpost

Sham Harrinauth, who was arrested after allegedly threatening two of his children with a cutlass, was found hanging yesterday afternoon in city police outpost.

Harrinauth, 38, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was in custody at the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost, where it is suspected that he took his own life by hanging himself with a vest.

Police spokesman Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan told Stabroek News last evening that on the instruction of Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have