Arrest of a municipal guard of Swedru in a case of assault

General News of Sunday, March 24, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-03-24

The Swedru Divisional Police Command arrested and placed in custody a municipal guard of the West Agona Municipal Assembly who badaulted a young man last Wednesday.

The arrest of Peter Danso follows a viral video of the badault on the young man who allegedly stole money from a mobile money salesman.

Kwame, who was on his knees, received several karate kicks from the head against the ground, while people watched as they insulted and cursed the victim.

The video, which has become viral, has sparked a public outcry that city guards are facing the law.

Swedru District Police Chief Seth Yirenkyi said that the suspect was arrested on Friday by order of the Inspector General of Police and that investigations were underway to establish what had happened. past.

He said that Danso, who had been instructed by the Municipal Assembly to collect tolls at a loading station in Swedru, had attacked the boy after a mobile money operator (undisclosed name ) told him that Kwame had stolen his money.

In the video, the city guard was confused with a police officer, but the police administration, in a press release, denied that the culprit was a city guard and that the case was currently doing subject of an investigation.

In a press release, the police administration said that preliminary investigations had established that the victim had been arrested for the crime by civilians and municipal guards.