Bail increased in false report case

Maharaj, 30, appeared before Magistrate Gloria Jasmath a day after she appeared before a Justice of the Peace who had affixed the $15,000 bail. Maharaj is charged with making a false report to police that she was kidnapped, taken to a house, drugged, bound and gagged and then locked in the trunk of a car .

She was ‘rescued’ by police on Monday who found her in a car at the M2 Ring Road near La Romaine .

As a result of the report made by 30-year-old Maharaj, detective Insp Don Gajadhar coordinated a team of CID officers to investigate. On Tuesday afternoon, Maharaj was arrested at her Julien Trace, Barrackpore home and later charged .

Attorney Shawn Teekasingh, who held for attorney Subhas Panday, asked the magistrate to reset bail to a reasonable sum. Court prosecutor Sgt Krishna Bidassie objected to Teekasingh’s request saying the charge is very serious owing to the fact that police spent two days investigating the matter .

Magistrate Jasmath agreed with the prosecutor and told Maharaj she would revisit the bail set by JP Sandra Soogrim Ramsaran and increased the bill by $5,000. She then placed Maharaj’s mother Chandra Ramsawack, as surety. Maharaj was ordered to return to court next Monday .