Complaint against AG to NYPD dismissed as “frivolous and vexatious” – GPF

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday revealed that a complaint filed against the country’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, to the New York Police Department (NYPD) has been dismissed.
APNU/AFC Opposition-aligned Rickford Burke had been propagating claims that Nandlall is wanted by the NYPD for alleged aggravated assault which was reportedly committed in July 2021.

Nandlall himself had since dismissed those claims as untrue. “Absolute nonsense!” Nandlall had said about the allegations during his social media programme “Issues in the News”.
The GPF, in its press statement on Tuesday, explained that the Attorney General had made a request for the organisation to look into the matter.
Upon investigating, the GPF said it found that while a complaint was made by Burke, the matter was dismissed by the NYPD as “frivolous and vexatious”.
“…the Guyana Police Force enquired from its counterpart law enforcement agency in the United States of America, whether a report was made of and against Mr Nandlall, with the New York Police Department during the month of July 2021; and, whether Mr Nandlall is wanted by any law enforcement agency in the United States of America,” the Police explained.
“In response thereof, the Guyana Police Force was duly informed that a report was made against Mr Nandlall at a precinct in Brooklyn by a Rickford Burke and that the said report was dismissed as frivolous and vexatious,” the Police noted.
Additionally, the GPF said Nandlall was never “wanted” by any law enforcement agency in the USA in respect of that report. According to the GPF, the offence complained of was “non-arrest-able”.
At the time of the allegations in July, the Attorney General had told News Talk Radio Guyana that “what you are reading are the products of demented minds; the product of people who have serious mental health issues and all I can advise is that they seek serious clinical medical attention.”
Burke was among a group of persons who had been protesting outside of an establishment in Queens, New York, where the Attorney General had been meeting with the diaspora.
During the Attorney General’s trip to New York in July, he was honoured with a citation by the New York State Assembly for his role in protecting the rights of Guyanese. The honour was presented by Assembly Woman Jenifer Rajkumar. (G11)