Sergeant Taukoor faces two provisional charges over shooting that injured Élodie Thomas
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Mauritius’s Independent Police Complaints Commission has taken statements from the driver and a passenger in the minibus where Élodie Thomas was shot and injured in Camp-Levieux on 9 October. Sergeant Gowtamsingh Taukoor, known as Deepak, now faces two provisional charges after a charge of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life was dropped, Defimedia reports.
Mauritian police sergeant Gowtamsingh Taukoor, known as Deepak, is facing two provisional charges after firing a shot on 9 October at Camp-Levieux, injuring Élodie Thomas. The investigation is being conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), according to Defimedia.
Investigators have taken statements from the minibus driver, Tirvassen Soobrayen, known as Rudy, and a passenger. They have also viewed footage from Safe City cameras and reconstructed events with the driver, Defimedia reports. Sergeant Taukoor provisionally charged.
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