Police Commissioner Gary Griffith has advised that a security officer who claims he was beaten on the jobsite to file a report of his alleged assault so that investigations could commence immediately.
Deochand Ramlogan, attached to Guardsman Security Services, made an appeal to Griffith to investigate an attack while he was on duty at an NP gas station located near the Piarco Airport after police failed to act on his report.
In response, Griffith told Guardian Media he will investigate the matter.
“I would like him to submit a report or meet me ASAP,” Griffith said.
A video of Ramlogan’s assault was shared on social media.
Ramlogan said an official at the gas station took him into the stockroom, locked the door and beat him with the butt of a .38 revolver. He said the incident was witnessed by one worker and two other people, but no one did anything to help him.
The assault left him with broken teeth and injuries to his head. Ramlogan said while lying on the floor in obvious distress, his assailant accused him of allowing people to come into the Quik Shoppe and leave with items without paying for it.
“They locked the door, snatched me by a throat and used a .38 revolver and hit me on the right side of my head. I was terrified. I asked him what happened and he kept on beating me on my head. He break out my teeth. I started to gasp for breath and he kicked me on my back. I kept saying I need to breathe. My chest and heart were hurting. They say how I could let people come in the gas station and take up things and walk out,” Ramlogan said.
He said he told the man he was supposed to keep watch at the front of the store but the man continued striking him.
He said the surveillance footage of the Quick Shoppe would show when he was taken into the stockroom. Ramlogan said he borrowed a phone and called E999. But when police officers responded they spoke with the Quick Shoppe’s supervisor and left.
“They left the location and never took a report from me. I told them to look at the footage before they delete it. I went to the Arima Hospital and police never took a statement from me,” Ramlogan said.
He said his supervisor from Guardsman Security Services bought him a card of Panadine painkillers but he still suffers from excruciating pain.
Ramlogan said neither the Arima or Arouca police have taken his statement.
“Nothing has been done. I am begging Commissioner Griffith to intervene and look into this,” Ramlogan said.
Managing director of Guardsman Security Services Mitra Dharamsingh was not in the office but an official at the company confirmed that Ramlogan was an employee.