Po­lice are set to charge a 35-year-old man for the mur­der of Po­lice Con­sta­ble Kr­ish­na Ba­na­har. Homi­cide in­ves­ti­ga­tors re­ceived in­struc­tions from Deputy Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tion Sab­ri­na Jaglal to charge the sus­pect with Ba­na­har’s mur­der, pos­ses­sion of a firearm, and pos­ses­sion of am­mu­ni­tion.

The sus­pect, from Rose Street, Gon­za­les Vil­lage, Guapo, was ar­rest­ed hours af­ter 25-year-old Ba­na­har was killed on No­vem­ber 6. Ba­na­har had five years of ser­vice and was at­tached to the Siparia CID. Ba­na­har and oth­er of­fi­cers from the South West­ern Di­vi­sion were con­duct­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise and ex­e­cut­ing a search war­rant for arms and am­mu­ni­tion at a house near the shoot­ing. Ba­na­har and the sus­pect’s rel­a­tive, Hakim Joseph, were fight­ing when the sus­pect shot the of­fi­cer.

Ba­na­har’s col­leagues re­turned fire. Dur­ing the shoot­ing Joseph was al­so shot. Ba­na­har re­ceived a mil­i­tary fu­ner­al on No­vem­ber 9, at­tend­ed by Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Fitzger­ald Hinds, Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher, and of­fi­cers from the First and Sec­ond Di­vi­sions of the TTPS. The ser­vice took place at Ba­na­har’s Fyz­abad home, and the cre­ma­tion oc­curred at the Shore of Peace at Mos­qui­to Creek, South Oropouche.

When charged, the sus­pect will ap­pear be­fore a High Court Mas­ter. The in­ves­ti­ga­tion was su­per­vised by Supt. Per­sad and Sgt. Bridge­mo­han of the Homi­cide Bu­reau Re­gion 3. ASP Ma­haraj is the lead in­ves­ti­ga­tor.