Dhansook is the man who filed a matter in court several years ago, alleging that he had offered a bribe to Franklin Khan, who was Minister of Works and Transport at the time. Khan was later freed.
Speaking at the media briefing following the regular cabinet meeting Ramlogan said in July last year, he received what he called “an odd letter” from Dhansook, which contained demands for work from the People’s Partnership Government.
He said he ignored that letter and then a second arrived in which Dhansook intensified his demands. Ramlogan said a third letter from Dhansook ended in what he interpreted to be a threat "to my and my family’s personal security and also an attempt to blackmail me."
Ramlogan said he called James Philbert, who was acting police commissioner at the time, "and I gave it (Dhansook's letter) to him and I ask that it be investigated."
Ramlogan added, “The second thing that I did, having regard to the allegation of Mr Dhansook was making—the allegations being that I drafted a letter for him to send to the Prime Minister that would have led to the charges—immediately I drafted the letter to the DPP of the country, sending him a copy of that letter and highlighting for the DPP, the fact that this letter may have implications for pending prosecutions.”
Ramlogan said Khan is free “not because Dansam Dhansook had a change of heart or had any pangs of conscience, it was because I took it upon myself to disclose to the DPP a letter he sent me in confidence, a letter which made allegations and threats and I passed it to both the Commissioner of Police and the DPP for three things to be done.”
The AG Said he requested an immediate police investigation, security for himself and his family and that the DPP look into the implication for the prosecution’s case against Khan. He said that is why the DPP withdrew the case against Khan.
The AG said Dhansook later wrote another letter in which he made further threats if the AG did not meet certain demands.
“I ignored it, I passed every letter I have received from Mr Dhansook, everything I have received I have passed it to the DPP and the Commissioner of Police,” the AG said.
He noted that Dhansook's promise to take the matter to Parliament did in fact happen when Senator Fitzgerald Hinds raised the matter in the Senate.
“There is a marshalling of forces to try and intimidate me. I am not easily intimidated. I don’t fear Mr Dansam Dhansook,” Ramlogan declared.
“Not only has Mr Dhansook created this mischief, he has sent other letters to make allegations against other government ministers, against just about everybody in the Government,” Ramlogan said, noting that Dhansook “did the same thing under the last administration.”
Ramlogan said Dhansook made similar allegations against former AG John Jeremie, and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Dr Lenny Saith. He said all those letters have been sent to the DPP and the Commissioner of Police.
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