National Border Patrol Director and former Region 4 Chairman, Daniel Seeram was this morning found guilty of assaulting his ex-wife, causing actual bodily harm.  

Seeram was ordered remanded to prison by Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Spareedaam Magistrates’ Court after the guilty verdict was handed down.

Sentencing is to take place on the 2nd November.  

The case was related to a complaint filed by Seeram’s ex-wife, Farzana Hamid.

Seeraam was accused of physically assaulting his ex-wife Ms. Hamid on September 11, 2023 at a Cummings Lodge Apartment that they were sharing at the time. The couple has since divorced.

Hamid, in her Court filings, alleged that after a day of hanging out with family and friends on September 10, 2023, she and Seeram retired to their Cummings Lodge Apartment. However, she complained that during the early hours of September 11, 2023, she was awakened by a sharp pain to her head.

The Court heard that it was Seeram hitting her to the head. She told the Court that she got out of bed and began to video record her husband, and it was then that the then Regional Chairman snatched her phone and pelted it against the wall before throwing into the toilet.

Hamid said she was repeatedly assaulted during the ordeal.

The Court also heard that Seeram armed himself with his firearm before leaving the apartment as the woman said she fought back by scratching him to the body.

Both parties reported the matter to the Turkeyen Police Station.

Based on the evidence presented to the Court, Seeram’s ex wife sustained injuries to her left thigh, left upper arm and right side of her breast. Her left eye was also swollen in addition to her wrist and upper left arm. 

Her phone was also shattered, and the apartment was badly damaged before Seeram left it.

Seeram denied ever physically assaulting Hamid, but said he merely pushed her as he made his way out of the apartment. The Court was told by him that it was his wife at the time who was the aggressor and not him.

He alleged that Hamid was upset and jealous because he had been seen speaking to some female foreign nationals while at a popular entertainment bar the previous day.

In delivering her ruling, Magistrate Gibbs said Seeram was evasive on material issues and professed the inability to understand certain questions put to him while under cross examination. 

The Court also found that the evidence or explanation presented to the Court by the Defence was inconsistent with regards to how Hamid sustained her injuries.

The Defence had suggested that Hamid after a day of drinking fell while entering the apartment, but Seeram could not recall whether he had said such in his statement and opted to rely on his statement.

The statement did not include any such reference. The man, however, told the Court that he saw Hamid physically harming herself and the injuries were as a result of that. But that allegation was also not included in his initial statement to the police. 

The Court accepted that Seeram sustained injuries during the incident, but not the explanation as to how they were sustained.

Magistrate Gibbs also found that it could not have been a single push that resulted in the injuries sustained by Seeram’s ex wife. 

She said the force used by Seeram extended beyond a single push.

The Court also found that Hamid was a witness to the truth, noting that she had admitted to consuming alcohol the day prior.

Magistrate Gibbs found that the injuries sustained by Hamid were consistent with the assault described by her. She said Hamid was credible and that the evidence presented by her aligned with the logics of the case. 

Magistrate Gibbs said the Court was satisfied beyond reasonable double that Seeram had not acted in self defense and unlawfully assaulted his ex wife.

He was therefore found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm.

As Magistrate Gibbs announced that Seeram would be remanded until sentencing, his Attorney Nigel Hughes asked the Court to rescind the decision to remand.

The Attorney pointed out that Seeram was the National Coordinator of the Border Patrol Protection Unit and had national responsibilities. It was also pointed out that Seeram had reported to Court on every occasion. A number of other reasons were also cited.

The Prosecution represented by Attorney at Law Ganesh Hira told the Court that the Prosecution will be guided by the decision of the Court, but asked that should Seeram be granted his liberty ahead of sentencing, he should be required to report to the police once weekly.

Magistrate Gibbs after hearing the arguments said she was not satisfied with the explanation given by the Defence and remanded Seeram to prison.

His sentencing is set for November 2, 2026 at 10:30am.

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