Cops probe election fraud at Charlieville school

Officers of the Chaguanas CID were called out to the Charlieville CID to investigate a report of election fraud. Officers seized polling cards and recorded statements from a polling clerk and a presiding officer. According to reports, around 4.45 pm, a 39-year-old woman of Charlieville went to the school where she had cast her vote. A short while later, a man with a polling card bearing the name of the woman  who had voted earlier presented his documents and voted. He then left the school.

A presiding officer and the polling clerk discovered the discrepancies and a report was made to the Chaguanas Police station. A party of officers led by Inspector Burt Raphael, and including Ag Sgt Ajith Persad and others went to the school and carried out enquiries. The vote of the man was declared null and void. A description of the man was given to the police and a search was carried out to no avail. Ag Sgt Persad is investigating.