The Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak has directed the Ghana Police Service to Investigate the circumstances under which civilians gained access to the arrested person and identify any police personnel who may have facilitated, permitted or acquiesced in the breach of custody and take appropriate disciplinary action against any officer found culpable.
It has directed that they take immediate steps to identify, arrest and investigate the civilian persons involved in the assault, in accordance with the law.
Adding that “Investigate the conduct of all supervising officers directly responsible for the custody and supervision of the persons involved and, where found culpable, take appropriate disciplinary action in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures”.
Meanwhile, Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of the suspect seen in a video slapping a suspect in police custody.
