Dead Baruni man 2016

In an exclusive interview with Loop PNG, NCD metropolitan superintendent, Commander Ben Turi, says he only authorised the first group of investigators who started working on the case after the robbery.

“I did not sanction the second group. I don’t know who authorised them.”

Turi says the new group of investigators just showed up and took over the case, accusing the initial investigators of being compromised.

However, the Met Supt alleges that the new investigators were previously involved in a high profile money case that is yet to be resolved.

The suspect was found dead on Monday last week at Baruni, Port Moresby, with two bullet wounds in his head.

CID investigators say the deceased lived at Morata and was picked up early in the morning, killed, dumped in a ditch at Baruni and later discovered by early morning commuters.

CID officers are continuing their investigations into both the murder and K1.2m heist at the airport and have denied the involvement of any gang-related activities.