Aggrieved DCEC officer, wife lose unlawful detention case
Monday, April 03, 2023 | 1510 Views |
DCEC Headquaters PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The couple was suing the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and Botswana Police Service (BPS) for (Tsholofelo) Bareetsi’s unlawful arrest and detention in June last year.
Delivering the judgment on the matter on Thursday, Lobatse High Court Judge Matlhogonolo Phuthego said the couple brought the application on urgency, therefore, cannot subsequently be seen dragging their feet towards the application without any justifiable cause.
The commissioned officer was recently found lying in a pool of blood lifeless at his home in Molepolole. Therefore, his demise shouldn’t be treated as another statistic, either. As detectives look to solve the murder case, they should dig deeper for answers and leave no stone unturned in establishing the motive for this killing which seems like action movie execution style. There seem to be more to this case than simply meets the eye especially...