The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed that it has opened a criminal case against National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole.
Sitole is reportedly facing charges for failing to cooperate with the investigation into the murder of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear.
Kinnear was gunned down outside his house in September 2020.
Ipid has written a letter to Police Minister Bheki Cele informing him of Sitole’s refusal to cooperate in the murder probe.
Ipid spokesperson Grace Langa said that Ipid will not divulge more details at this stage due to the fact that the letter was leaked by “an unknown source” to the media.
“We can confirm that indeed a case is opened. We did open a case against Mr. Khehla Sitole and we confirm that indeed we wrote the letter to the Minister regarding these issues but we cannot go into the details. We can only confirm that we have written an info note regarding this matter which is related to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sitole but unfortunately, we do not want to go into the content, we do not want to discuss the case because of the manner in which this information reached the media,” said Langa.
Langa says Sitole’s case will be investigated and he will be contacted for a statement before the matter is handed over to the NPA for a decision on whether or not to prosecute.
She remains tight-lipped on the nature of the charges Sitole is potentially facing.
Sources: EWN, MSN
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