Cops guard burnt out Sevilla Club

Two police officers and two estate constables have been posted on a round the clock basis to guard the burnt out Industrial Relations Department at Sevilla Club, Brechin Castle, Couva.

Newsday learned that today an electrical inspectorate and officers from the Forensic Science Centre will also visit the burnt out site to carry out investigations. The entire site has been cordoned off and only the police and fire officers are being allowed entry into the site. A senior officer said yesterday that the burnt out site is being protected as part of the investigations. The two young men who were questioned in connection with the fire were released from police custody yesterday. Sources revealed that all the acceptance VSEP forms which were signed by over 4,000 of the 9000 Caroni workers, were believed to have been stored at the burnt out site. Police believe that the motive of the arsonists was to destroy those forms. However sources said yesterday that those forms are stored at Brechin Castle.

The decision to move the forms to Brechin Castle came about because of previous information received that an attempt would be made to destroy the acceptance forms. The fire occured around 1 am on Saturday after two guards at Sevilla Club were tied up. Fire officials have already discovered that the blaze was caused by an inflammable substance which appeared to have been scattered on the floor of one of the rooms at Sevilla Club. Wednesday is the dead-line for submission of forms by Caroni workers. Police investigators said yesterday that although the two persons who were questioned were released, the investigations will continue.