IAU launch probe on four DCI officers suspected of the abduction of two Indian citizens
The four Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers who are believed to be involved in the disappearance of two Indian citizens and their taxi driver will be investigated by the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU).
Kahawa Law Courts Chief Magistrate Diana Mochache dismissed preliminary objection by Danstan Omari challenging IAU’s capacity to investigate and charge the four officers attached to the defunct Special Service Unit (SSU) over alleged abductions, ruled that the case is properly before court.
“I disagree, while the unit may conduct an investigation, the results must be provided to the Inspector General or Director of Public Prosecution,” Mochache noted.
She however made it clear that when conducting the investigations, the unit must adhere to judicial procedures.
She directed DNA samples of the four be taken upon obtaining a court order for profiling alongside the bodies recovered.
“Should the applicant dare subject the respondents to a DNA test without a court order, will be a violation of their rights and any evidence gathered will be inadmissible,” she ruled.
In his response, Omari vowed to appeal the decision, stating it as a landmark decision that would influence how the case would be prosecuted.
“This is not a proper reading of the law. We shall be appealing to the High Court once we obtain the satisfied copy of the judgment,” Omari said.
Omari submitted a request contesting the IAU’s demand to hold the four officials for 30 days in order to wrap up the investigations that connect them to the killing of the two Indians and their taxi driver.
After leads identified the three to being at the crime site, the unit had sought the court for permission to take the officers’ DNA samples and compare them with the three.
The four are detained at Capitol Hill Police Station.
