{A police officer was among those arrested Sunday after a kidnapping and robbery went wrong in Rongai, Nakuru County.}<\/p>\n
Administration Police Constable Joseph Kiragu Ng\u2019ang\u2019a, 33, who is based at a Daadab AP camp, was arrested in the company of Mr Kenneth Michuki Mwangi, 27, and Mr Joseph Munyaka Njuki, 33, after a man was kidnapped from his home and robbed of cash.<\/p>\n
The incident was reported at Solai Police Station by Mr Stephen Ndirangu.<\/p>\n
Mr Ndirangu narrated that he was sitting with his father Richard Mwangi Kamau in their house when a Nissan saloon car bearing registration number KCE 953U entered their homestead.<\/p>\n
The five occupants then bundled his father into the car and drove off. He immediately reported to the area chief, who circulated the details of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Mr Kamau was later dumped at Munyinyi after he had been robbed of Sh100,000.<\/p>\n
According to a police report seen by the Nation, Mr Kamau then walked to Subukia Police Station where he reported the matter.<\/p>\n
Police officers then lay an ambush in the Solai-Maji Tamu area and accosted the vehicle\u2019s occupants, who refused to stop and instead shot at the officers.<\/p>\n
During the gunfire exchange, one of the occupants, Mr Paul Kimotho Gitimu, was injured and was later confirmed dead at Bahati Sub-County Hospital.<\/p>\n
One suspect, however, managed to escape with his weapon.<\/p>\n
Police recovered from the scene a certificate of appointment of the AP officer, as well as eight spent cartridges from an AK-47 rifle and a bullet head belonging to the same. They also recovered a pair of handcuffs and five mobile phones.<\/p>\n
The Independent Police Oversight Authority (Ipoa) has been investigating police officers on such matters and a few have been convicted of crimes.<\/p>\n
Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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