Man found hanging in police station

According to reports, at 9.45 am Task Force officers were summoned to a shop in Mt D’Or where the suspect who identified himself as ‘Rishi Lakhan’, was caught red-handed breaking into the shop. He was detained and taken to St Joseph police station to await charges. At 10 am, when officers went to check on him, the man was found hanging from the cell door.

Lakhan used his pants to hang himself. District Medical Officer Dr Ramroop was summoned and ordered the body removed to the Forensic Science Centre in St James for autopsy. Police told Newsday that Lakhan had no form of identification on him and they yesterday issued a call for his relatives to contact the St Joseph police so he could be formally identified to facilitate the autopsy. Investigations are continuing.