Cop charged with taking $2M bribe to prevent charge in Pomeroon murder case

A police sergeant was yesterday charged with taking a $2M bribe to waive a charge against one of the accused in the death of Mohamed Abdool Shameer, who was killed in a boat collision and then buried in a shallow grave more than 60 miles away.

Lakeram Deochan, 40, of 739 Charity, Essequibo, was read the charge that on April 26, 2016, at Charity, Essequibo Coast, while employed as an agent of the government, he corruptly obtained $2 million from Nalini Baharally as an inducement for not charging Lennox Baharally,