After bail was refused at the High Court in Ber-bice, contractor, Shazad Sattaur was yesterday placed on $1.5m bail when he made his second appearance at the Reliance Magis-trate’s Court.
On February 1st, Sattaur, 36, of Lot 1294 Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh where he was charged with causing the death of Somdatt Indal, also known as “Fats”, 51, of Lot 1178 Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, by dangerously driving motor pick up GZZ 8988 on January 29.
He was not required to enter a plea to that charge, however, he was also charged with failure to report an accident, failure to stop after an accident, and failure to render assistance to the injured persons, all of which he pleaded not guilty to.
Bail was denied for those counts and Sattaur was remanded to prison.
Subsequently, his attorney, Mursaline Bacchus filed a bail application at the High Court in Berbice and following a bail hearing on Tuesday before Justice Navindra Singh, bail was refused.
Sattaur, however, returned to the Reliance Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rabindranath Singh where he was eventually placed on $1.5m bail. He was ordered to lodge his passport.
He will return to the magistrate’s court on March, 10 when the matter is set to continue.
Sattaur is accused of ramming his Tacoma vehicle into a crowd at a wedding house in Canefield, East Canje Berbice around 1 am last month.
Indal died as a result of the incident, while injured were Dion Kistan, 11, a student of the Canje Secondary School and of Lot 23 Goed Bananen Land, East Canje, Berbice; Leon Reis, 26, of Lot 1143 East Canefield, East Canje, Berbice; and Daniel Sacki-chand, 21, of Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice. Reports say that some of the injured persons were at a wedding in Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice.
Stabroek News was told that a young man there became involved in an argument with several others and decided to telephone his cousin, Sattaur who arrived in his Tacoma vehicle.
Eyewitnesses said that the vehicle bore the sign N&S Contracting, which Sattaur owns.
After the driver also reportedly got involved in the argument, some people attempted to block his vehicle; he then allegedly drove into a crowd hitting people who had not been involved in the argument.
This newspaper was told that Indal, who was standing at a distance, was first struck and sustained major injuries to his head.
Kistan, who was visiting Canefield to spend the weekend with his grandmother, was riding through the area with his uncle when they were struck down.
