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DPP recommends indecent assault charge against Presidential candidate

Posted by wiig on August 19, 2006

Kaieteur News – Aug. 19, 2006

The Director of Public Prosecutions has recommended that the Justice For All party Presidential Candidate Chandra Narine Sharma be charged with indecently assaulting a minor.

Sharma, the popular owner of CNS Channel 6 television station, is accused of indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl at a house at 143 Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara during the month of July.

The recommendation of the charge stemmed from a report made by the child’s mother, who is reportedly close to the Presidential Candidate.

Sources close to Sharma told Kaieteur News that the move to charge him is nothing but a political campaign to besmirch his character.

According to reports, six weeks ago the victim’s mother went to the police and first reported that Sharma had assaulted her. Read the rest of this entry »

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