Fire broke out in the sugar cane fields at Forbach, more specifically at the rear of the building belonging to Espace Maison & Jardin on Wednesday 10 October at about noon. 250 acres of cane fields were engulfed in flames.  The incident necessitated a strong mobilisation of firefighters, including those from Piton, Triolet and Port Louis.

Nitish Kumar Binda aged 22 and his colleague Louis Sylvestre Nanon aged 24 drowned in a lake at the foot of the fourth waterfall at Tamarin Falls, Henrietta last Saturday. The tragedy happened during a training session in which seven officers of the Groupement d’Intervention de la Police Mauricienne (GIPM) participated.

Acouple residing at La Clémence, Rivière-du-Rempart, Selvina Seeneevassen aged 24 and her husband Yogen aged 27, were well known in their locality as heavy drinkers and for their incessant quarrels.

An attack on Gregory Jeannot, a resident of Roche-Bois, aged 22, by Bangladeshi workers who live in the region sparked unrest on Sunday 16 September.  About 300 residents of Roche-Bois took to the streets to demonstrate their anger against the presence of Bangladeshi workers in their area.

Bibi Nazmeen, a 49-year old street vendor at Rémy Ollier Street, Port-Louis, was attacked with a razor by a woman last Saturday. As usual, Nazmeen was putting her goods on her stall with the help of her daughter. It was about 10.30am on  Wednesday  when a lady, in her forties, approached them.

Jocelyn P., aged 34 and residing at Baie-du-Tombeau was arrested on Tuesday at Morcellement St-André by Sergeant Seewoochursing of the Field Intelligence Unit (FIU), with the collaboration of CID North, the ERS of Plaine des Papayes and the DSU.

The body of Pritiviraj Gujadhur, aged 44, a Senior Health Inspector at the Municipality of Port Louis, was discovered on Monday at Edison Road, Rose Hill. Pritiviraj, father of a child aged 6, was a resident of Stanley.

A terrible accident occurred in the mountainous area of the village of Chitrakoot on Tuesday. A truck carrying tar ended down upside-down in a ditch after its brakes failed.

Karine Mungra, aged 30, has been reported missing since 15 August and her husband Preetam fears the worst.

Sara (fictitious name) aged 22, claims that she was victim of rape on Saturday afternoon, near Bagatelle. “I will commit suicide,” said Sara. Indeed, this ‘student nurse’ from Rodrigues is traumatised since Saturday. She filed a rape case at the Moka police station.

The festivities on the day of Rakhi ended badly at Saint Pierre. Rajiv (fictitious name), an entrepreneur aged 33, was going back to his parents’ home at Nouvelle-Découverte when a car came in his way near Helvetia. “I was driving without any worry. I stopped at the traffic lights at Helvetia,” said Rajiv.

A young woman residing at Vallée-des-Prêtres confessed being the author of the racist posts on the social platform, Facebook, a week ago.