A Pandit yesterday found himself before a city court facing a charge that he fraudulently converted US$8,000 that was entrusted to him.
Krishnalall Persaud was released on $125,000 bail after he denied the offence and his lawyer argued that he had been the victim of a “preemptive strike” by the complainant in order to get out of an agreement between the two men.
The charge against Persaud, which was read by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, states that