Police Officer Arrested for Robbing Tuk Tuk Driver of Sh1,100 in Murang’a
A police officer was Yesterday, August 18 arrested for allegedly violently robbing a Tuk Tuk driver of Sh1,100 in Kandara, Murang’a County.
Otieno Cynthia 
The officer was arrested yesterday following a complaint filed by the victim at Kabati Police Station on Tuesday, August 17 evening.
From the report given by the complainant, the officer flagged down his Piaggio Tuk Tuk, registration number KTWA 546X, before making a demand of Sh2,000.
“When the driver failed to part with the money, the officer allegedly snatched Sh300 that the driver was holding,” a police report reads.
The cop, the victim narrated, went ahead and forced his hands into his pockets and robbed him of a further Sh800, leaving his trousers torn apart.
He raised alarm and Police Officers from Kabati Police Station led by the OCS, rushed to the scene of the incident.
The officers arrested the accused and placed him in custody pending further investigations.
“Investigations into the incident are ongoing to bring justice to the Tuk Tuk driver & make the officer accountable for his actions if found culpable,” DCI said in a statement.
The incident comes two days after five officers were arrested for allegedly robbing a suspect of Sh1,030 while enforcing curfew rules in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
On Tuesday evening, the officers were arrested after preliminary investigations confirmed that they stole Sh1,030 from the suspect in Ruiru town on August 12.
