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An Essequibo NDC Chairman has been accused of attempted rape. The man is also the President of a Hindu Mandir in the community,Pierre Turgeon Jersey, as well as the Vice-Chairman of the West Demerara branch of a Hindu organisation.The charges were filed at the Leonora Police Station last night by a couple in their mid-thirties. Kaieteur News understands that on April 17, last, the Chairman allegedly drugged a female member of his Mandir, took her to the Parika Backdam and attempted to have sexual intercourse with her against her will. The woman managed to fight him off. Two days later,Zach Parise Jersey, he called the woman’s husband, and here the issue took on strange elements.The couple reported that they were in constant contact with each other after the call was made. The man asked the husband where he was, and upon learning that he was at Vreed-en-Hoop,Trevor Daley Jersey, the leader went to the couple’s home, where the wife came out to the road and spoke to him. She reported that she questioned the religious leader about his actions towards her and he responded that “he don’t want to molest me, he want to charm my body”.The woman added that the man kept asking her if she trusted him, and she responded that because of his previous actions,Niklas Backstrom Jersey, she had lost all respect for him. She claims that he then told her that he wanted to help her and wanted to “charm my body, and if I could go and rinse my skin from the neck down, and I told him no,” the woman said.The NDC boss then asked her to “give me a touch”. At this point,Darcy Kuemper Jersey, the husband claims that when his wife touched the man, “ she lose focus and when she lose focus…whatever he told her to do, he start to control her”.The husband related that he tried desperately to call his wife but she did not answer the phone. He then rushed home and arrived just in time to see the man stepping out of his house. When he saw the husband he pulled his gun and said “If this thing expose, I gon blow yuh brains out.”The man went inside and saw his wife undressed.She later related that she felt drugged and he kept telling her to read this mantra (a Hindu prayer), “He bring thread and tie it on my hand. He get a glass of water and start to sprinkle it with white flower and said by the time I come back you must pull out yuh clothes, and I said NO. And he come back with a force and pull at my clothes.”The woman demonstrated how he jerked at her clothing. She said at this point she was almost naked,Steve Larmer Jersey, but she kept on fighting,Shayne Gostisbehere Team North America Jersey, and then her husband arrived.One week later he called again and the husband put his wife’s phone on the speaker and wrote down questions for his wife to ask the man. In this way he learnt that he wanted to have an affair. Since then the couple broke off all contact with the man and stopped attending the Mandir.The couple states that after that the threats began to come in prompting them to report the issue. They first tried to keep it within the religious group by reporting it to the various leaders as well as to National Head of the Hindu organisation. But to date no assistance was forthcoming.The threats continued and they decided to report the matter to the police.The Leonora Police subsequently sent a team out to pick up the NDC Chairman, but up to press time were unable to locate him. The intention was to have a confrontation between the man and his accusers at the Police Station before deciding on what action to take. As the investigations into the allegations made by the couple continue,Marian Hossa Jersey, further attempts will be made to locate the official for questioning.It has been alleged that as President of the Mandir,Denis Savard Jersey, the NDC Chairman has constantly abused his position by behaving in the same manner towards other female members. This would usually be followed by threats of using his licensed firearm against them if they made any accusations about him. |
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