Retired cop now on joint charge over abduction

Kenneth Bahadur

An abduction charge which was initially brought against retired policeman Kenneth Bahadur was yesterday withdrawn and instead he was jointly charged alongside another man with the crime.

The 55-year-old Bahadur of Melanie, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and Sameer Bacchus, age and address unknown, were jointly charged yesterday with the abduction of Mahaica businessman Jagdesh Mangal when they appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in Georgetown.

The joint charge states that on September 12, at Station Street, Kitty, they abducted the 35-year-old Mangal with intent secretly confine him.