Former Mountain Rise police station commander Hariram Badul allegedly arranged for a policeman to get a performance bonus for three consecutive years and overtime payment when he had not worked, in return for doing as he was told. So said accomplice State witness Inspector Yunen Naidoo, who took the stand on Wednesday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to testify against Badul, Suresh Naraindath, then a captain in the SAPS, police superintendent Yunus Khan, constable Patrick Nkabini, and businessman Sigamoney Pillay.
The men face 98 charges including fraud, racketeering, theft and corruption after the State yesterday withdrew 30 charges of fraud. These related to services and repairs at the station that had not taken place, but for which payment was made. Naidoo will be granted indemnity from prosecution should the court be satisfied with his testimony.
He said only 20 percent of the 100 inspectors were allowed to qualify for the bonuses, which Naidoo got in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He had been working in supply-chain management. He said Badul had told him and Naraindath that they should fill out a requisition forms for office supplies. Badul did not want the supplies, but the cash instead. One supplier agreed to pay cash in return for 20 percent of the price on the invoice.
Source: IoL
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