A primary school teacher has been put on $30,000 bail on two charges for allegedly offering a policeman a bribe and driving under the influence of alcohol. Baboolal Ramsubhag, who teaches at a government school in Penal, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before San Fernando Traffic Court Magistrate Rehanna Hosein on the two charges.
He was arrested during a road traffic exercise on the San Fernando Siparia Erin Road, San Fernando early on Saturday morning, taken to the San Fernando Police Station and charged. However, Ramsubhag was released later after securing $30,000 bail granted by a justice of peace at the station. The first charge alleged that he exceeded the alcohol limit by 66 microgrammes. The limit is 35 microgrammes.
The second charge alleged that he attempted to induce PC Gangapersad Sookai by offering him $500 cash to commit a breach of peace to forego prosecution. Ramsubhag’s attorney Jason Jackson asked for disclosure as soon as possible. Court prosecutor Sgt Dianath Harricharan said the only prosecution witness he would be calling to give evidence in the matter was Sookai.
The magistrate set the matter for trial for November 19.
