More than one month after he had allegedly assaulted his wife, Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Chairman and Executive Member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), Daniel Seeram, appeared before a magistrate to answer to this charge, and has been placed on bail in the sum of $50,000.
Seeram appeared on Friday before Sparendaam Magistrate Alisha George and pleaded not guilty to the allegation levelled against him. The charge he faces details that, on September 11, 2023, he assaulted his spouse at their Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown residence so as to cause her grievous bodily harm.
The Regional Chairman was represented by Attorney Bernard DaSilva, and the case will continue on December 8.
It has been reported that, on the day in question, Seeram and his wife were involved in a heated dispute, during which they physically assaulted each other. He is also accused of brandishing his licensed firearm before the woman.
When Seeram eventually left the residence, his wife filed a report of the incident at the Turkeyen Police Station.
Marks of violence were reportedly seen on the woman’s body.
A former army captain, Seeram was last year charged with using threatening language to his father-in-law over an incident in which he and his father-in-law had each allegedly pulled their licensed guns on each other.
In that case, he was placed on $20,000 bail.
Some reports at the time had stated that Shaheed Hamid had reported at the Turkeyen Police Station that his son-in-law had drawn his gun, cranked it, and threatened to kill him. Other reports had however stated that Seeram reported to the Alberttown Police Station that he had gone to speak to his wife when her father pulled a gun on him. Both men had been arrested, and their firearms and ammunition seized. This publication is unaware of the legal status of that matter.
