Mauritian sergeant Ashok Taukoor files complaint over mistaken photo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Mauritian Sergeant Ashok Kumarsing Taukoor filed a complaint in Quatre-Bornes after his photo was circulated as that of the police officer suspected of shooting Elodie Thomas. He cites an offence under the Data Protection Act and says the mistake threatens his reputation and safety, according to Defimedia.
Mauritian Sergeant Ashok Kumarsing Taukoor, 53, filed a complaint on Saturday at Quatre-Bornes police station after he was wrongly identified on Facebook as the police officer who shot Élodie Thomas. Defimedia reports that he reported a breach of the Data Protection Act.
Posted at La Gaulette police station, Sergeant Taukoor says he received numerous calls from relatives asking him about his involvement in the Camp-Levieux case. Sergeant Gautam Singh Taukoor, 57, was arrested in the case. Élodie Thomas was shot in Camp-Levieux.
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