A city tycoon claims the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers attached to Lang'ata Police Station extorted him up to Ksh20 million.
Harish Kanji Patel told a Nairobi court that two senior officials used their powers to compel him to settle a Ksh20 million debt.
The tycoon further claimed that the station's OCS and other officers continued to extort him terming it as unlawful harassment.
In a report ran by the Daily Nation, Patel explained that he was arrested at Buffalo Bar in 2017 and the officers forced him to sign cheques and a formal commitment that he would settle a debt that arose from a purchase of six vehicles.
That would, however, not be the end of his perils. After he was released, other officers, among them Fatuma Hadi, approached and forced him to sign more cheques directed towards a company identified as Creative Joiners Ltd.
He also revealed that he had launched a formal complaint with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and asked for the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to investigate but they were yet to act.
Justice Joyce Nyamweya, in her ruling, therefore, ordered IPOA to investigate the matter and forward the outcome to Patel within 90 days.
IPOA had reportedly absconded the duty and delegated it to an internal unit of the National Police Service.
Patel first raised the issue in February 2018.
The Aurithority is an independent oversight group that is tasked with investigating errant officers within the Kenyan police force.
