A 25-year-old businessman from Nakuru County has claimed that a police officer threatened to kill him after the officer seized his goods worth Sh1.2 million.
Robow Hussein Holo, who owns a shop at Garissa Shopping Centre, Nakuru claims that the officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) seized his goods and Sh500,000 in cash.
Holo said that the officer went to his shop, arrested him and confiscated the goods at his shop together with the cash.
While at the police station, Holo said he was beaten by the officer and forced to sign an inventory of the goods taken from his shop and that he was being charged with theft.
The officer had, however, reportedly only listed half of the items which were in the shop and the said officer did not list the Sh500,000 in cash that Holo had.
According to standardmedia.co.ke, the businessman wonders why other items were not listed.
“After I was arrested, I was informed that I was to be charged with stealing. I got a thorough beating from the officer, who forced me to sign an inventory of goods he took from my shop. To my surprise, he did not list the Sh500,000 cash he took,” Holo said.
The officer has also reportedly threatened to kill Holo’s friend who reported the incident at Central police station by sending alleged threatening text messages to him.
Lawyers Kipkoech Ng’etich and Gordon Ogola wrote a letter to the Director of Criminal Investigations and the Inspector General of Police demanding to have the officer summoned for questioning over the matter.
“The DCI has not responded to our letter. Our clients are threatened by a rogue officer who is walking free and wreaking havoc as he wishes. To date the officer still holds the keys to the shop and walks in and out as he wishes,” read the letter.