{"id":331890,"date":"2017-06-27T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=331890"},"modified":"2017-06-27T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T13:23:03","slug":"basintale-others-sue-police-service-over-ghc1-3m-gold-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/basintale-others-sue-police-service-over-ghc1-3m-gold-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Basintale, others sue Police Service over GHc1.3m gold scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
Interdicted former East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and four others, have sued the Ghana Police Service contending their rights were violated during investigations into the GHc1.3m gold scam.<\/p>\n
The five, who were accused of playing various roles\u00a0in the alleged gold scam were interdicted in March\u00a02017.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”EyKAb53FnZ8LoDgPgH6hGoDMHnfMABOq”]An American company, Green Global Resources, accused \u00a0DSP Basintale and four other officers of conspiring to steal some 13 gold bars from them.<\/p>\n
Among the reliefs being sought by the officers, which have been sighted by Citi News<\/strong>, the five want the Inspector General of Police to revoke their interdiction if no disciplinary proceedings have been instituted against them.<\/p>\n They also want a declaration that no disciplinary proceedings were instituted against the applicants more that three months after their interdiction.<\/p>\n In addition, the five are seeking an order barring the police from conducting any more disciplinary proceedings against them.<\/p>\n They maintain that the IGP does\u00a0not have the legal authority to extend the statutory three-month period within which to institute disciplinary proceedings. They contend that this would amount to abuse of office.<\/p>\n