GEORGETOWN, Guyana– Police have charged two relatives of a 29-year-old United States citizen who claimed he had been kidnapped but later found at a hotel in the capital last weekend.
Police said that Indira Gilda, 38, and Lalta Gilda, 52, appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court in the Demerara-Mahaica region on Thursday and were placed on GUY$50,000 (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) bail each.
They appeared before Magistrate Alice George and pleaded not guilty to the charge of giving false information about an alleged kidnapping to the police. They will return to court on May 13.
On Monday, police found Rohan Kirpaul Mangra at the hotel after his relatives had reported him missing five days earlier and had offered a one million dollar reward for his return.
The relatives had also provided the police with a photograph of Mangra showing his mouth covered with duct tape, which they said was sent to them via WhatsApp from an unknown person.
Mangra, when questioned by investigators, said he was not abducted, and he went to the hotel of his own free will and is assisting the police with their investigation.
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