Essequibo taxi driver charged with assaulting Police officers, resisting arrest

Thirty-five-year-old Jitendra Baljodah, a taxi driver from Onderneeming/Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court on Friday where several charges were read against him.
The charges include assaulting a Peace Officer, resisting a Peace Officer, disorderly behaviour and threatening language.

However, during his appearance before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke on Friday, he pleaded not guilty to the charges, and as such, he was granted $35,000 bail on the assault and resisting arrest charge. For the threatening language and disorderly charges, Baljodah was granted 10,000 bail each.
The case was adjourned to August 9, 2024.