Four rogue police officers attached to Langata’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have been arrested by Serious Crimes detectives over robbery with violence.
This is after they abducted a man at NextGen Mall on February 6, 2022, at around noon and forcefully demanded money from him.
The man who had requested for a taxi by the roadside along Mombasa road, was accosted by the officers before being forcefully bundled in a waiting Subaru, that had five occupants.
While in the vehicle, the in-charge Corporal Tom Otieno, forcefully transferred Sh40,000 from the victim’s Mpesa account to his Mpesa account.
They then proceeded to the victim’s apartment where they took a further 2,400 US dollars, from him, before dumping him at Choma Zone area after a two-hour ordeal.
The victim, while at Akira police station to make his report, found the vehicle he had been bundled into parked at the station.
He immediately rushed to DCI headquarters along Kiambu road where he reported his discovery at the Serious Crimes unit.
Investigations were launched immediately and the serious crimes detectives established that the vehicle indeed belonged to DCI Langata.
All the four officers who were involved in the criminal act have since been arrested and identified positively by the victim during an identification parade conducted Friday evening.
The suspects will face robbery with violence charges, contrary to Section 296 (2) of the Penal Code.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has condemned the unfortunate behavior of the four suspects citing the case as isolated indiscipline cases that do not represent “our moral values and what we stand for”.
“The Directorate shall spare no effort in bringing such criminals who taint the image of the entire Police service to justice,” DCI shared.
