A police officer is still on the run for allegedly raping a woman in the Valelevu Police Single Men’s Barracks

A police officer who allegedly raped a woman in the Valelevu police single men’s barracks yesterday morning is on the run.

Acting Police Commissioner Sakeo Raikaci, who is representing ACP Juki Fong Chew who is abroad on official duty, has ordered the immediate arrest of the suspect as he fled the scene after the alleged incident.

ACP Raikaci has ordered that the investigation be expedited and that the investigation file be submitted to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for independent legal advice as soon as possible.

He says that progress in the investigation will be reported in due course.

The investigations by the Criminal Investigation Department’s Serious Crime Division are ongoing.