By Prior Beharry
A SENIOR police officer attached to the Central Intelligence Bureau has been granted 200,000 in bail after being charged with two counts of misbehaviour in public office.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Nazrudeen Pragg appeared before Justice of the Peace Stephen Young on Friday.
Advice was sought from the Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC, on Friday who advised that Pragg be charged, a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) stated.
He is charged with knowingly entering false and misleading information on an application form issued by the Ministry of Works and Transport, Transport Division for a tinted window exemption certificate for a black Kia Sportage motor vehicle, the applicant being a civilian and stating that the applicant was employed by the TTPS as an Intelligence Officer for the purpose of procuring the said exemption certificate from the Transport Commissioner.
Pragg was also charged with one count of Misbehaviour in Public Office for allegedly entering false and misleading information on an application form issued by the Ministry of Works and Transport, Transport Division for a tinted window exemption certificate for a white Nissan Navara motor vehicle, the applicant being a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and stating that the applicant was employed by the TTPS as an Intelligence Officer for the purpose of procuring the said exemption certificate from the Transport Commissioner.
Pragg, 59, of Preysal, Couva, was last attached to the Central Intelligence Bureau.
He is due to appear at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court on June, 30, 2022.
According to police reports, on August 16 and 17 2021, the accused, whilst holding the office of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Specialised Support, Pragg allegedly knowingly made false and misleading information on two Ministry of Works and Transport, Transport Division applications for tinted window exemption forms in relation to two motor vehicles, one owned by a civilian and the other owned by a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force.
These exemptions is alleged to reflect that both applicants are police officers who are also Intelligence Officers in the TTPS.
These application forms were later submitted to the Transport Commissioner, approved and he issued Tint Exemption Certificates to the applicants.
A report was made to the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) on May 20, 2022, and the Senior Superintendent, PSB, Suzette Martin was detailed to conduct enquiries.
Pragg was told of the report being investigated and was cautioned and arrested on May 25, 2022.
