3 injured due to confrontation at Cal Bank
The Accra Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the alleged shooting incident involving a policeman and a businessman at the Derby Avenue branch of Cal Bank last Saturday afternoon.
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According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Freeman Tettey, the purported shooting incident resulted in the injury of three customers of the bank, including the businessman, Natheniel Nortey.
The other victims, whose identities remain unknown, were sent to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment together with Nortey. They were treated and discharged the same day.
Confrontation
DSP Tettey said initial reports received by the police indicated that the shooting incidence resulted from a confrontation between the policeman stationed at the Derby Avenue branch of Cal Bank and Nortey.
He said Nortey entered the banking hall minutes after he had parked his car at an unauthorised spot.
DSP Tettey said after Nortey was asked to park his car properly, he told the private security man that he would not be long in the banking hall.
After a while, the private security man realised that Nortey was standing at a corner in the banking hall and was not performing any transaction. He, therefore, went and informed the policeman on duty .
DSP Tettey said it was at this juncture that Nortey went outside the bank to the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) area but returned shortly without doing anything.
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The policeman then confronted Nortey and asked him to move his car from the place he had parked it.
CCTV images
According to DSP Tettey, during the confrontation Nortey slapped the policeman and attempted to take his gun, adding that “during the struggle the gun went off and in the process injured Nortey and two other customers in the bank”.
He said although Nortey denied the report, the police were making frantic efforts to retrieve the CCTV images from the management of the Derby Avenue branch of Cal Bank to facilitate their investigation.
Asked what would be the next line of action from the police if the footage from the CCTV revealed otherwise, DSP Tettey said the police would not hesitate to arrest the policeman on duty.