An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior po­lice of­fi­cials have con­firmed that ASP Ajith Per­sad of the Port-of-Spain Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment has been ap­point­ed the lead in­ves­ti­ga­tor in­to the planass in­ci­dent in­volv­ing Shane Gopeesingh, son of Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Tim Gopeesingh. Al­though calls to Per­sad's cell­phone went unan­swered yes­ter­day, the T&T Guardian learnt that the en­quiry will con­tin­ue to­day and that "sev­er­al ends will be tied up" this week.

On Fri­day, se­nior of­fi­cials in the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion said the in­ves­ti­ga­tion was "al­most through" and that state­ments had been record­ed from the key par­ties in­volved. Gre­go­ry Wight, 56, of Diego Mar­tin, was al­leged­ly planassed by Gopeesingh's son on Sep­tem­ber 18 out­side the Brook­lyn Bar in Wood­brook. The in­ci­dent was cap­tured by a pri­vate se­cu­ri­ty cam­era and lat­er post­ed on YouTube.

Five days af­ter the video was re­leased amidst claims that the al­leged per­pe­tra­tor was an of­fi­cial's son, an in­ves­ti­ga­tion was launched in­to the in­ci­dent. When ques­tioned by re­porters last week, the Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter con­firmed the per­pe­tra­tor was his son.