The Western Cape’s police management has summarily suspended a Nyanga policeman who was charged over the weekend for the alleged rape of a man who was suspected of shoplifting.
According to reports, the arrest follows an investigation from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) into the allegations that the police Constable had raped the man who was in a police van.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa indicated that due to the seriousness of the allegations levelled against the 31-year-old police Constable, an expeditious internal disciplinary process into the fitness of the member to be in the South African Police Service, has been initiated.
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In the meantime the Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile viewed the allegations levelled against the member in a serious light.
“It is incidents like these that adversely impact the relationship between police and communities. That is why it is crucial the investigations undertaken by IPID get to the bottom of this. Police are expected to be protectors of communities,” Patekile said.
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