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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Friday, January 29, 2010
KZN police station cooked crime stats
In a breakthrough investigation, the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) has found that crime statistics at Mountain Rise police station in Pietermaritzburg were manipulated. As a result of the tampering, Mountain Rise was the top station in KwaZulu-Natal last year, based on the skewed perceptions of its crime-prevention efforts. The ICD found that station officials received bonuses totalling R500 000 as a reward.
The ICD said that it is satisfied that its investigation yielded positive results in that the allegations of manipulation of crime were substantiated. The police watchdog has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against the officers involved. Although it did not name the culprits in its report, the ICD last year recommended disciplinary action against the Mountain Rise station commissioner, Director Hariram Badul, and others implicated.
Badul and three other policemen have been arrested and charged with corruption and defeating the ends of justice in another case. He is alleged to have defrauded the state of R1-million of equipment, including computers, recovered during police raids. Badul arrived at court in a wheelchair last year and was immediately admitted to hospital. Phindile Radebe, police spokesperson for KwaZulu-Natal, said the police had proceeded with disciplinary action against Badul, who was suffering from an undisclosed illness.
In its raid on Mountain Rise during its investigation, the ICD seized 147 dockets, six casebook registers and three statistic registers. "There were cases of fraud, theft of motor vehicles, common assault and assault with intention to cause grievous bodily harm, for example, which were not registered on the case administration system," the ICD report says.One of the whistleblowers, Constable Craig Josiah, approached the KwaZulu-Natal High Court last year after Badul suspended him without pay. Josiah told the court that Badul had ordered them to proceed with investigating cases only where suspects were easily ascertainable. The rest of the dockets were to be placed in a separate room, he said.
When management at Mountain Rise began to burn the unprocessed dockets, Josiah told the court police officers had stashed them away as evidence. The court ordered Josiah's reinstatement. Former colleagues said Josiah has now been seconded to the Hawks.
Source: Mail & Guardian
The ICD said that it is satisfied that its investigation yielded positive results in that the allegations of manipulation of crime were substantiated. The police watchdog has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against the officers involved. Although it did not name the culprits in its report, the ICD last year recommended disciplinary action against the Mountain Rise station commissioner, Director Hariram Badul, and others implicated.
Badul and three other policemen have been arrested and charged with corruption and defeating the ends of justice in another case. He is alleged to have defrauded the state of R1-million of equipment, including computers, recovered during police raids. Badul arrived at court in a wheelchair last year and was immediately admitted to hospital. Phindile Radebe, police spokesperson for KwaZulu-Natal, said the police had proceeded with disciplinary action against Badul, who was suffering from an undisclosed illness.
In its raid on Mountain Rise during its investigation, the ICD seized 147 dockets, six casebook registers and three statistic registers. "There were cases of fraud, theft of motor vehicles, common assault and assault with intention to cause grievous bodily harm, for example, which were not registered on the case administration system," the ICD report says.One of the whistleblowers, Constable Craig Josiah, approached the KwaZulu-Natal High Court last year after Badul suspended him without pay. Josiah told the court that Badul had ordered them to proceed with investigating cases only where suspects were easily ascertainable. The rest of the dockets were to be placed in a separate room, he said.
When management at Mountain Rise began to burn the unprocessed dockets, Josiah told the court police officers had stashed them away as evidence. The court ordered Josiah's reinstatement. Former colleagues said Josiah has now been seconded to the Hawks.
Source: Mail & Guardian
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Crime stats scam exposed
A KwaZulu-Natal police whistleblower, who was suspended without pay because, he said, he exposed fraudulent crime statistics, has had his salary reinstated.
Constable Craig Josiah approached the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg last month to set aside his suspension. He claimed he had been victimised and subjected to trumped-up charges after he exposed "fraudulent" activities in the capturing of crime statistics.
Judge Fikile Mokgohloa ordered that Josiah's salary be reinstated pending the state's filing of its papers and argument in court on Josiah's suspension.
Josiah's station commissioner, Director Hariram Badul, had discontinued his salary on March 9. This was after the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), acting on information provided by Josiah, raided the Mountain Rise Police Station in Pietermaritzburg and discovered 170 unregistered dockets stacked away in a room.
Source: Mail & Guardian
Constable Craig Josiah approached the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg last month to set aside his suspension. He claimed he had been victimised and subjected to trumped-up charges after he exposed "fraudulent" activities in the capturing of crime statistics.
Judge Fikile Mokgohloa ordered that Josiah's salary be reinstated pending the state's filing of its papers and argument in court on Josiah's suspension.
Josiah's station commissioner, Director Hariram Badul, had discontinued his salary on March 9. This was after the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), acting on information provided by Josiah, raided the Mountain Rise Police Station in Pietermaritzburg and discovered 170 unregistered dockets stacked away in a room.
Source: Mail & Guardian
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