WIN parliamentarian questioned about GPL sub-station bombing; computers, other items seized for terrorism probe

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2026, 22:10 by Written By Denis Chabrol

Opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) parliamentarian, Natasha Singh was Friday evening taken away from her residence by police after they searched her house and seized several laptops and flash drives, her fellow parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul said.

The Guyana Police Force late Friday night confirmed that she was being investigated for the alleged firebombing of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) substation at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara. “Following the search, the Member of Parliament was escorted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, where she was questioned and subsequently released,” police said in a statement.

Mr Mahipaul, who was coincidentally present when police arrived at Ms Singh’s Herstelling, East Bank Demerara residence, witnessed the  reading of the search warrant and search of the woman’s house. A police officer was heard reading the warrant to her, saying that they would be searching the house and yard for any computer system, cellphone, documents, SIM cards and other devices “that can access the Internet which could afford the commission of the offence of terrorism.” Police allowed her to be accompanied by the lawmen while they searched her property.

Leader of the Forward Guyana Movement political party, Amanza Walton-Desir also witnessed part of the police operation.

In a live video, the WIN parliamentarian was heard interacting with Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde who told her to allow the police to search the premises.  In the video, police were seen turning furniture upside down and checking for items of evidential value.

According to Mr Mahipaul, the law enforcement agents took away four computers, seven cellphones and flash drives.  A drone belonging to her in-law was also taken away. He said he had originally gone to his former People’s National Congress Reform colleague to collect a book and he acceded to her request to remain during the police operation.

She said detectives had initially started breaking down her door because no one was answering, but she said she was praying at that time. “When you were trying to break my door, I was praying. It is my prayer time,” said Ms Singh, a Muslim.

While Mr Mahipaul was eager to collect the Auditor General’s Report and leave, Ms Singh said quipped “you know how much points the PNC will gain from  you being here representing a WIN, a female Muslim.”

WIN’s General Secretary Odessa Primus issued a statement protesting the incarceration of political opponents. “A functioning democracy cannot survive when the Leader of the Opposition and opposition Members of Parliament face relentless harassment, arbitrary detention, and exclusion from legislative proceedings. When state power is used to neutralize political opponents rather than serve the public interest, governance gives way to authoritarianism, and Guyana is pushed into a dark and dangerous chapter,” she said.