Kenya’s Most Wanted Police Impostor Hirji Ramji Patel Arrested by Detectives

Hirji Ramji Patel, a police impostor who has been on police radar for long, has finally been arrested.

Patel, alias Harish Daria, was captured on Friday evening in Nairobi’s Parklands area by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

“Detectives based at Gigiri arrested the suspect at Parklands in Nairobi, in whose possession assorted recoveries were also made,” DCI said through Twitter.

The suspect was found in possession of a Ceska pistol, 27 rounds of ammunition, two empty magazines, and two walkie talkies.

Others are a military smoke jacket, white bulletproof vest, pair of handcuffs, 25 rolls of suspected bhang, and several badges.

Patel was booked to Gigiri Police Station pending arraignment in court on Monday.

The DCI said that the suspect will be charged with among other charges, extortion and being in possession of government stores.