EBD man in custody for inhumane treatment of 2 migrants – Police

…admits to forcing duo to strip

A 37-year-old man of Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, is in Police custody following the inhumane treatment of two migrants he accused of being thieves and bullied into stripping and walking the road.
Police on Wednesday evening said that their attention was called to the incident following a video circulating on social media.
According to Police, following a public appeal urging anyone with information about the incident or the individuals responsible to come forward, the man turned himself in about 13:30h at the Providence Police Station, accompanied by his lawyer.

Police said he was arrested and escorted to the Golden Grove Police Station, where he was video-interviewed in the presence of his lawyer.
“He admitted during the interview that he indeed had a cutlass in his hands, instructed the victims to say that they were thieves and ordered them to take off all their clothing and walk naked down the street. The suspect claimed that he never assaulted the victims, nor was he aware of who made the video,” Police said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
According to Police, the man was confronted with the victims, and they maintained he made the video with a red phone. The suspect was searched and according to Police a red phone was found on his person. Police said that it was checked, but no video recording of the incident was found. The phone was nonetheless lodged and will be sent to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters to check for deleted videos, Police said. The man remains in custody as the investigation continues.
Guyana Times reported on Tuesday that the incident captured on video and widely circulated on social media has sparked outrage among the Guyanese community.