Donald (fictitious name) aged 32 and residing at Baie-du-Tombeau was victim of a theft by a group of ten individuals travelling on motorcycles on Monday morning while he was rescuing two injured people who had had an accident.

Tanzila, aged 31 and residing at Plaine-Verte had received threats of acid attack from her neighbours on Wednesday. This young woman is not in good terms with her neighbours for years.

Noor-E-Ahmad Boodhoo, a serial thief aged 34 and residing at Morcellement Swan, Pereybere was arrested by CID of Grand Bay on Monday.

141 Bullets found at Curepipe
During a major search operation, the police found 141 bullets of .22 calibers at the house of Imteeaz Chadun at Curepipe. The young man as well as one of his relatives who had a syringe that police suspected contained Subutex were arrested. 

It was around 6.30pm on Tuesday when a woman aged 33 and residing in a suburb of Port-Louis tried to commit suicide. She swallowed rat poison which she had purchased some time ago. Ealier, she tried to immolate herself.

Nivisha (modified name) aged 16 committed suicide at her home at Goodlands on Tuesday afternoon. Nivisha, who was a student of a college in the north of the island put an end to her life by hanging herself.

Acar engineer and the owner of a ‘Mercedes’ could have been killed on Tuesday afternoon at Plaine des Papayes. Despite the fact that the police strictly forbade the substitution of GPL by domestic gas due to its danger, many car owners are still committing the offence of “illegal decanting of gas.”

Boy drowns at La Ferme
Kinsley David aged 14, a resident of Bambous, drowned at La Ferme reservoir on Monday. The teenager had decided to bathe into the reservoir together with three friends but he found himself in difficulty.

About 300 persons will be conveyed to a workshop on 19 April at the International Conference Centre at Grand Baie. This event,  organised by the Commission on Maurice Ile Durable, will be opened by Environment Minister Deva Virahsawmy.

A common front of Islamic organisations in Mauritius grouping Force One, the Muslim Citizens Council and the Islamic Welfare Organisation of Triolet met the press at the St George Hotel in Port Louis yesterday to urge the government to free the ICC from all governmental links and to dissolve the ICC Board. “

The police have been closely watching the activities at the restaurant ‘Mine d’Or’, ex-Palais d’Or found at Jummah Mosque Street, Port Louis, only 100 metres from the mosque.

Three families homeless after house blaze
The Chellapermal and Lallmohamed families residing at Vacoas found themselves homeless after a fire destroyed their homes. It is not the first time that a fire broke out in the modest houses of these families. Last December Billy Chellapermal, a carpenter aged 31, saw his workshop burned down. His tools and personal effects were totally damaged. During the month of March a second fire broke out. One of the house rooms took fire and according to Billy Chellapermal “a switch was at the origin of the fire.”