Human right activist and former Starehe constituency aspirant Boniface Mwangi on Friday was captured on CCTV punching a woman in the face at a city restaurant.
The woman is seen in the video trying to slide a bag on the floor from a table across where she was seated.
The activist noted that his bag was missing from where he was seated upon turning, he saw the two people who were seated behind him holding his bag, this prompted him to react.
In the video Mwangi who is seen wearing a striped shirt is seen punching the woman who had tried to steal his bag in the face twice.
He also went on to punch the man who was in the company of the lady.
The commotion attracted the attention of the establishment's security who apprehended the duo and handed them to the central police station.
The two namely; Christopher Maina and Mary Wangechi were arrested and taken to Central Police Station.
When they got to the station, police officers informed him that the two were wanted for theft in other restaurants.
Social media users, who had lost their bags in similar incidents, applauded Mwangi for handing the criminals to the police.
Mwangi also called on businessmen to install quality CCTV cameras for easier identification of suspects in such cases.
