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Essequibo taxi driver’s family seeks over $100M for lockups death
The family of taxi driver Lallbachan Bachan, is seeking over $100 M from the State over his death in police custody.
Lallbachan Bachan
Attorney at law Anil Nandlall, who filed the suit, outlined that the family is seeking damages of $10 M for death and personal injuries sustained by Bachan while in the custody of the Guyana Police Force, during the night of the 30th day of June, 2019 in the lockups at the Suddie Police Station, Essequibo Coast, under the Accidental Deaths and Personal Injuries (Damages) Act Chapter 99:05, Laws of Guyana.
The document stated that relatives also want $10 M for negligence of the Guyana Police Force; $10 M for breach of statutory duty of the Force owed to the deceased under the Police Act; $10 M for the Force’s violation of the victim’s fundamental right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment as guaranteed in Article 141 in the Constitution of Guyana and $10 M for the unlawful deprivation of the life of Lallbachan Bachan, a citizen of Guyana, in violation of the deceased fundamental right to the protection of his life as guaranteed by Article 138 of the Constitution of Guyana.
The family is also suing for exemplary damages in excess of $10 M and special damages in the sum of $65 million.
The dead man‘s relatives had expressed a willingness to accept a $28 million settlement from the Guyana Police Force, (GPF).
Nandlall, had previously written to Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, suggesting an amicable course of settlement.
In his letter to the Top Cop, Nandlall noted, “I am of the considered view and persuaded that the death of the deceased resulted from the actions or omission of the Guyana Police Force. I have so advised my client who has firmly instructed me to institute civil legal proceedings seeking compensation for the wrongful death of the deceased.”
Nandlall noted further that given the recent settlement of $28M being granted to the relatives of a deceased who was wrongfully killed by members of the Guyana Police Force, the Bachan clan is not opposed to collecting that sum as compensation.
“Should the Force be so inclined, my client is not opposed to exploring a similar amicable course,” the lawyer concluded in his letter.
Based on reports reaching this publication, Bachan, 39, was taken into police custody, after two arrest warrants were served on him for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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