(Kaieteur News) – We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Member of Parliament, Toshana Famey-Corlette has added her voice to the call for an independent probe into the allegations of sexual assault brought against Deputy Commissioner of Police, Fizal Karimbaksh.
Famey-Corlette in a statement post on her Facebook page on Tuesday stressed that the growing number of serious allegations and disciplinary concerns surrounding Karimbaksh can no longer be ignored.
“This is not about one allegation. It is about a pattern of complaints about the conduct of a senior officer who continues to hold one of the most powerful positions in the Guyana Police Force,” she said before naming several incidents in which the officer was accused of criminal misconduct.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Fizal Karimbaksh
The politician noted that in 2018, the Police Office of Professional Responsibility confirmed an investigation into allegations of police harassment involving Karimbaksh while he commanded ‘D’ Division.
She outlined in 2019, two female police recruits made sexual-harassment complaints against him and in 2021, Village Voice published allegations from retired Assistant Commissioner Clinton Conway. Conway said that while Karimbaksh was force training officer, eleven female trainees made sexual-harassment allegations against him.
She said “Now, in 2026, a serving female police inspector has come forward alleging repeated sexual assault, threats to kill her and an alleged firearm incident. She said the alleged incidents occurred in 2019, 2023 and 2024, and that she reported the matter to the Minister of Home Affairs on September 20, 2026.”
Famey-Corlette noted the Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond had already said that sexual-misconduct allegations involving senior officers and female ranks must be taken ‘very, very seriously’, and that accountability must apply regardless of rank or position.”
To this end, she called on the Home Affairs minister to act immediately.
She stressed that “Karimbaksh should be immediately removed from operational command while these matters are independently investigated.”
The MP pointed to other incidents where the senior cop has been fingered.
“In 2026, a video emerged showing Karimbaksh intervening in an anti-crime operation involving junior ranks. OPR investigated the incident, and the Commissioner of Police subsequently stated that body-camera footage showed the ranks on the ground had acted lawfully and according to procedure…”
“From complaints of harassment, to sexual-harassment allegations involving female recruits, to disciplinary proceedings, to the latest allegations of sexual assault, threats and abuse of authority, there are simply too many serious matters surrounding one senior officer to keep pretending that this is business as usual,” she added calling for his removal and investigation.
Meanwhile, the Alliance For Change (AFC), in a statement, called for Karimbaksh to be relieved of duties immediately and for a full, independent and impartial investigation into reports of criminal misconduct made against him.
The party noted that the allegations against the officer are serious and of criminal nature.
The AFC pointed that it is not the first time that the head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has found himself accused of being on the wrong side of the law. The party calls for an independent team of regional and international investigators to be comprised to dig into these allegations.
“Like the rest of Guyana, we have no confidence that any investigation by the police into one of its own would be impartial. Although it is unlikely, a decisive statement from the Minister of Home Affairs supporting the call for an independent investigation would be an indication that the minister has a zero-tolerance policy on rape and sexual assault.”
The AFC therefore called on independent NGOs, women’s organisations and all right- thinking Guyanese to join the call for Karimbaksh to be removed from duties and for an impartial investigation into the allegations made against him.
Source: Kaieteur News
