A thirteen-year-old female of West Demerara, who had filed a sexual assault complaint against a pandit with the police on Monday last has committed suicide.
The teen took her own life on Saturday morning.
Police Commander of Region Three, Simon Mc Bean said yesterday that the teenager visited the police last week accompanied by her father and made the report.
The alleged acts of sexual assault occurred between October 2019 and January 2020.
He said too that the accused was arrested and questioned and later released on $150,000 station bail.
Mc Bean, further stated that they are continuing with the investigations and will seek legal advice.
Meanwhile, Sanjeev Datadin, the attorney for the pandit issued a statement on the matter last evening.
He said: My client wishes the public to be aware of the following:
1. That at no time was he informed by the police that it was alleged that he had any physical contact whatsoever with the child.
2. At all times the investigation centred around improper text messages and nothing else.
3. My client specifically denied that he had ever sent inappropriate texts to the child.
4. That he was also informed when he inquired, that there are no text messages in existence at this time.
5. That upon being informed by the police of their investigation he cooperated fully and openly with the investigation.
He added that his client remains fully prepared to cooperate fully with any police investigation. “He is innocent of any wrongdoing”, Datadin said.
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of committing suicide, you can seek help from the Inter-Agency Suicide Prevention Helpline through the following:
Telephone: 223-0818, 223-0009 and 223-0001
Mobile: 600-7896 or 623-4444
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