Two businessmen have filed contempt proceedings in the High Court against the Divisional Commander of ‘D’ Division Balram Persaud for flouting separate court orders and failing to return their respective firearms which were seized by the police.
Businessman Shabbir Baksh of New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, filed the proceedings through his attorney Anil Nandlall, saying that the Commander breached a Full Court order granted by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang and Justice Rishi Persaud, dated December 3, 2010.
The court order, he said, had compelled the Commander to return his .32 semi automatic Pistol, No. FWK27884, held under
