PHOTO: Four Indians being whisked off to prison
By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia- It has now been made clear that five Indian Nationals were over the weekend sent to jail over for allegedly being involved in theft of building materials costing US$341,143.99 from the Jeety Trading Company in Monrovia.
This company is owned by a top Indian businessman who has been operating in Liberia for decades.
The five men were incarcerated last Friday October 7,2021 at the Monrovia Monrovia Central Prison for an alleged theft of property and criminal conspiracy crimes, after being formally charged and sent to court by the Liberia National Police.
The five Indian Nationals are identified as Dinesh Kumar, main defendant and his accompliances are Amandeep Singh, Balwant Singh and Lakhwinder Singh.
Others to be identified are Neeraj Kumar and Sunil Kumar, all Indian nationals.
Police charge sheet said, the four Indian Nationals were in violation of Chapter 10, section 10.4 and Chapter 15, section 15.51of the revised penal law of the Republic of Liberia, defendants Dinesh Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Balwant Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Neeraj Kumar and Sunil Kumar were arrested and acquainted with their constitutional rights, investigated and subsequently charged with the commission of the crime theft of property and Criminal Conspiracy based upon their involvement for criminally conspiring and stealing from the management of Jetty Trading Corporation warehouse assorted bundles of zinc valued at US$341,143.99.
During Police investigation conducted, it was established that complainant V.S. Sechdeva is the Chief Executive Officer of Jetty Trading Corporation.
The investigation also established that the above name defendants are employees of the Jetty Trading Corporation.
It is not yet known what their reactions are to the criminal charges brought against the four men.
Details of the Investigation Findings
That the crime criminal conspiracy and theft of property were committed against the management of Jetty Trading Corporation by the Defendants in that they all criminally conspired and stole the above mentioned material valued at US$341,143.99.
That the herein named defendants committed said crimes Criminal Conspiracy and theft of property gradually against the management of Jetty Trading Corporation thus converted the proceeds into their personal use thereby depriving the management of it’s sole income.