Officers from the police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday questioned Deeds Registrar Azeema Baksh as they commenced an investigation into allegations that she had made fraudulent payments to herself of over $4 million and waived revenue due to the registry.
While the police have not issued a statement, when contacted yesterday afternoon, Baksh confirmed that she was questioned by the police, but as she did on Tuesday she indicated that her lawyer would issue a statement.
She later revealed that Attorney Nigel Hughes was her lawyer and that he was working on a statement set to be released “this evening.” She stated that as an officer appointed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) she was not authorised to speak to the press and as such wanted to do things “correctly”, hence her lawyer preparing the statement.
No statement was issued up to press time.
