POLICE KILLINGS

Four more cops to be charged over missing Indians, Kenyan driver

Police said they will face charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and abduction.

In Summary
  • They were identified as Hilary Limo, Elkana Mugendi, Boniface Otieno and Fredrick Thuku Kamau.
  • Police said they will face charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and abduction.
Indian Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan who is among those missing since July 24
Indian Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan who is among those missing since July 24

Four more police officers from the disbanded DCI's Special Services Unit (SSU) who were on Wednesday, November 30 arrested in connection to the abduction of the two Indians and their Kenyan taxi driver on the night of July 23 are expected in court.

The arrest brings to 12, the total number of officers so far detained. Officials said the four would be arraigned at Kahawa Law court on Thursday, December 1.

They were identified as Hilary Limo, Elkana Mugendi, Boniface Otieno and Fredrick Thuku Kamau.

Police said they will face charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and abduction.

The group is now expected to make a new case in court Thursday following an attempt to get their DNA samples for testing in an effort to link them to a crime.

There was drama after attempts to escort eight other officers in custody for DNA extraction failed.

This was after they refused to go for the exercise on the advice of their defense lawyers.

The court had previously ordered a DNA test to be conducted at DCI labs. It was however established that the facility does not have facilities for the exercise.

And when the investigation team went to pick them up for the samples at Government Chemists, they refused and said a court must order so.

All the officers at the unit were sent on a 30-day compulsory leave after its disbandment and are expected to report to the DCI headquarters in December for deployment and administrative action.

Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) detectives have maintained that the officers are linked to the forceful disappearance of the missing Indians, Mohammed Said Sami and Zulfiqar Ahmed who are claimed to have travelled to Kenya during the electioneering period and were working with a digital media team allied to President William Ruto.

Already, nine officers from the same unit have been arraigned but the detectives requested more time to detain them as they complete investigations. One was freed.

"There is a need to conduct further investigations and gather more confirmatory evidence to unearth more details to determine the involvement or otherwise of the nine officers on the disappearance of the victims herein," IAU says.

The IAU detectives have further said that during interrogations so far conducted, it was demonstrated to them by way of technology that they were at the scene of crime, and at the Aberdare National Park where the three victims are believed to have been taken after their alleged abduction from Ole Sereni hotel.

The motor vehicles and mobile phones have been tracked and are assisting the officers investigating the matter.

Two other civilians who had been arrested over the issue are out on bond.

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