Investigation into Gafoors fire ongoing

A Divisional (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) Commander Clifton Hicken has stated that Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the second blaze at Gafoors Houston Complex, Greater Georgetown in October.
Hicken stated that two persons were held in November and they have provided crucial information concerning another individual; however, the lead was futile.
“We were unable to find the other person but the investigation is ongoing,” he said. Police were following a lead that a city businessman paid two men to set the Gafoors Houston Complex on fire.
One of the two men was detained and during questioning allegedly told investigators that he and his accomplice were paid to commit the act, a source close to the investigation had disclosed.
The source stated that the businessman, who is the owner of a dry goods business, allegedly paid the two men ,000 to torch the bond.
The source said the suspect reportedly told the Police that he and his accomplice were responsible for the two fires that devastated Chief Executive Officer Sattaur Gafoor and hundreds of his workers.
The suspect was said to be a former employee of Gafoors.
The CEO had stated that despite what persons might think, he did everything within his power to prevent another fire and so it shocked him when “just 10 hours after we opened the bond, it burnt down”.
The veteran Guyanese industrialist had told the media that the previous fire placed a lot of financial strain on the company and the Board of Directors had taken a decision on what to do in the event of another occurrence.