Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has again rejected claims of political victimisation by businessman Azruddin Mohamed, saying the billionaire and his associates are trying to cast themselves as victims only because they are no longer able to act with impunity.
“You (the Mohameds) are not law enforcement,” Jagdeo said, as he referenced a recent case in which a drone operator claimed he was accosted by individuals linked to Mohamed’s operations while filming near a property on the East Bank Demerara.
Azruddin Mohamed, in a Facebook video responding to Jagdeo, said he did call the Police but did not deny that he and his employees went after the drone operator, accusing him of breaking the law.
“It’s their way of operating, bullying people, because they believe they have money,” Jagdeo stated.
Azrudin Mohamed also objected to Jagdeo calling his workers “thugs” but history has shown the dealings of the Mohameds.
Nazar Mohamed
Back in 2010, three security guards who worked for the family gave chilling details of being tortured when they were accused of stealing a quantity of items from Mohamed Enterprises on Lombard Street where they worked.
“Security supervisor, 63-year-old Bansgopaul Sookhraj of Lot 10 Camp Street along with Imtiaz Bacchus of Albouys Street, Albouystown and Ousman Boodhoo Sahadeo, age 59, of Middle Road said they were repeatedly struck with a baseball bat, had soapy water poured into their mouths and were gagged and bound with scotch tape before being threatened not to report the matter. The men alleged that they were brutalized by four or five persons, one after the other,” the Stabroek News had reported on November 24, 2010.
Stabroek News quoted Azrudin, Nazar Mohamed’s son, as saying the men were “drunkards” and were fired after it was discovered that fire extinguishers, a trolley, 15 gallon of diesel, gas bottles and other items were stolen. The senior Mohamed, Nazar, had admitted the beating and torturing of three security guards did occur. He also apologized publicly for the incident.
Jagdeo stated that because the PPP government is not defending the illegality of the Mohameds they are claiming victimisation.
“It’s the inability to act with impunity that hurts them a lot,” Jagdeo declared.
The Mohameds have been sanctioned by the United States.
“We have no obligation to defend his illegality,” Jagdeo stated of Azrudin Mohamed.
The post ‘You are not law enforcement’– Jagdeo on the Mohameds appeared first on News Room Guyana.
