Resh­ma Ra­goonath

Bar­rack­pore fire­man Zyad Mo­hammed has been re­mand­ed in cus­tody un­til next Mon­day pend­ing sen­tence for fail­ing to pro­vide a spec­i­men for breathal­yser test­ing. Mo­hammed, of Cun­jal Road, Bar­rack­pore, on Tues­day was re­mand­ed af­ter Princes Town mag­is­trate Nali­ni Singh re­fused to grant him bail pend­ing sen­tence. His lawyer, Petron­il­la Bas­deo, who ap­plied for bail, said Mo­hammed was the fa­ther of two chil­dren, aged 4 and 5-and-a-half, and was a con­tribut­ing mem­ber of so­ci­ety. How­ev­er, the mag­is­trate was not swayed and re­fused to grant bail.

Ac­cord­ing to the facts, read by po­lice pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Ram­path, Mo­hammed went to the Bar­rack­pore Po­lice Sta­tion on Sat­ur­day to make a re­port. Of­fi­cers de­tect­ed al­co­hol on his breath and asked him to give a sam­ple of breath for test­ing. Mo­hammed agreed. How­ev­er, when he was told he had to go Gas­par­il­lo Po­lice Sta­tion for test­ing he re­fused. He was lat­er charged with fail­ing to give a sam­ple of breath for test­ing. Bas­deo said her client co-op­er­at­ed with the po­lice and was will­ing to give a spec­i­men. How­ev­er, she said, there was no equip­ment in Princes Town for test­ing.