Murder Charge for cops in Sampat killing

DEAD: Cecil Sampat

A police corporal and a constable will this morning be charged with the murder of Cecil Sampat. Sampat died while receiving medical attention after he and others were shot at by the police who chased a car in which they were on July 25, 2020.

The murder charges would be read to the policemen later this morning in the Georgetown Magistrate Court.

BIG Smith News Watch has been informed that based on the evidence which was gathered in relation to the shooting, the two are directly responsible for the death of Sampat.

We were told that CCTV footage showed the police corporal shooting at the car with the young men inside while the warhead which was recovered from the body of Sampat match matched the weapon the constable was using at the time based on ballistic tests which were carried out on the gun.

The two along with another police constable were placed under close arrest for the shooting initially along with thirteen others but were again placed under close arrest earlier this week after the Commissioner of Police directed the Major Crimes Unit to review the evidence gathered so far in relation to the shooting.

The police on the operation on that night claimed that one of the men was armed with a gun but at the end of a high-speed chase around the city and the subsequent shooting of the men, nothing illegal was found on the person of the men or inside the car.

The third policeman who was placed on close arrest earlier this week is likely to be released on open arrest additional works are still being carried out on the file. Sampat would be laid to rest on Sunday.