Fatal Accident in Cité Vallijee: Sergeant Arrested for Hit and Run

Father of four, Rajcoomar Ramnihora Rai passed away Monday at 11.30h. The Police Waiting 53 years, was admitted to the ICU of the hospital Dr. AG Jeetoo after his motorcycle was hit hard by a car up to Vallijee City.

The car involved in hit and run was found near the hospital in Port-Louis. According to the National Transport Authority, it belongs to Vinay Bangaroo police sergeant, 45, assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division and lives in St. Croix.

After the death of the victim, the sergeant was arrested and detained. A charge of manslaughter will be lodged against him on Tuesday, the court of Port-Louis. In his deposition, Vinay Bangaroo explains that it was Beau-Bassin. At the junction of City Vallijee, a motorcycle would have sprung to his left. It could have been prevented had struck and hard.

A sergeant of the Line Barracks went to the scene of the accident and reported the hit and run. Sergeant Bangaroo him, claims to have stopped and had warned the Police Information Room. He would have waited the arrival of the ambulance before leaving and has even conducted a "road marking". A policeman told him to go to the post. "Not feeling unwell, I went to the hospital for care," he says. Thereafter, it would have taken a taxi to go home. It's Monday afternoon that he has submitted to a breath test which proved negative. Investigators rely view CCTV video images to determine what really happened that day.

A witness reported to police that the car went out of City of Sergeant Vallijee and traveling towards the capital when it struck the motorcycle which had stopped at traffic lights.

In Ramnihora Rai, there is consternation. "My father was a bon vivant who never missed any news event. He was healthy, he has killed too early. He will not realize his dream. He wanted to see my little brother grow up to seven years and see his grandchildren, his daughter crying in 20 years. My mom just had surgery. My little brother and she is inconsolable and will not eat. I fear for their health. "

The victim's wife, aged 45, does not accept this sudden disappearance. "My husband always warned me of his travels. Saturday, alas, he went with no sign of life. Only the next morning I received a call telling me it was an accident. I did not expect to lose my husband in such circumstances, "laments the widow.

An autopsy by Dr. Prem Shaman, police surgeon, attributed the death of Rajcoomar Ramnihora Rai to multiple injuries. The funeral of Police Attendant occurred Monday afternoon.

The Touquard will not come

The French Philippe and Diane Touquard, arrested in connection with the investigation into irregularities in the Board of Investment (BoI) to obtain a residence permit, were expected across the country Tuesday. But according to their lawyer, they will land any time soon because Diane Touquard is being treated for an illness serious enough. They will be arraigned in court the day after their arrival. They are subject to an interim charge of forgery. The couple had been allowed to travel abroad for medical reasons.

On the other hand, Avinash Roy, Administrative Assistant within the BoI, was again heard by the Central CID on Monday in the presence of his lawyer Me Poonum Sookun. During this exercise, it had to provide a specimen of his writing for the purposes of the investigation.