Man on $500,000 bail for manslaughter -victim’s family wants justice
Dead: Aslam Gaffur
Dead: Aslam Gaffur

HARESH Persaud appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, charged with the offence of manslaughter.
He was represented by Attorney Chandra Sohan and was released on $500,000 bail. Persaud was ordered to re-appear on March 20, 2017. He was previously charged with the offence of attempted murder of Aslam Gaffur of #77 Village on October 21, 2016. The 23-year-old Cane Harvester was severely beaten, allegedly by Persaud,and was hospitalized for 47 days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).However,Gaffur died on March 8, 2017 after failing to fully recuperate from his injuries.
According to reports, Gaffur was the victim of a brutal assault from Persaud and two other friends, who struck him in the head with a lug spanner at a school sports in Skeldon. He was rushed to the Skeldon hospital, transferred to New Amsterdam hospital and then to the GPHC where he was treated for a fractured skull.
Gaffur was subsequently discharged and spent a month at home but had to be re-admitted to the Skeldon hospital after he developed complications. During that period the accused and two friends were arrested but only Persaud was charged, since his friends implicated him as the main assailant.
FAMILY WANTS JUSTICE
Meanwhile, the dead man’s wife, 22-year-old Farzana Nazrudeen alleged that before her husband died, he was constantly bullied by the accused, who threatened him several times. The mother of two alleged that the accused also destroyed her husband’s motorcycle.
She is of the view that Persaud should have been charged with murder,since he threatened her husband and is said to be the main instigator in the fight which led to her husband’s death.
“My husband suffered a lot before he died. About three weeks before he started having seizures, he lost his sight and his hearing and had to be fed through a tube. He had to be taken care of like a baby; he was in a lot of pain and it’s not fair that his killer is walking the road freely after threatened and killed him,” the distraught wife said.
She said that the threats were reported to the police who should have used that to build a case of murder instead of manslaughter. The wife is calling on the relevant authorities to investigate the matter thoroughly. Gaffur leaves to mourn his wife and two children, ages 1 and 2 years old.

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