“Eyy tonn tir Chook lor parad to pou konne la”. This is the threat that was made to a 62-year-old man, a resident of the Tranquebar area, in the afternoon of Monday, October 03. The sixty-year-old man, who was arrested following his presence at the Champ de Mars in the early hours of Saturday, October 01, had incriminated Sanjeev Kistopersad, 32, security guard at the People’s Turf PLC, also known as Chook, as being the person who was present on the big track of the Champ de Mars with a bowl filled with nails and screws The author of these threats, Louis Darren Grenade, was arrested this Tuesday, October 4.
The sexagenarian, who reported a case of threat to the police station of Pope Hennessy, Port-Louis in the afternoon of Tuesday, October 4, said he feared for his safety. While the 60-year-old admitted his presence at the Champ de Mars in the early hours of Saturday, October 01, he denies his involvement in any act of sabotage of the race days for Saturday, October 01 and Sunday, October 02, organized by the Mauritius Turf Club (MTC). He was there to pick flowers.
In his complaint, the sixty-year-old explained that at about 16:30 on Monday, October 3, someone came to call him at his door. When he came out, he said he saw Darren Grenade, armed with an iron bar, with another man at his door. Both, he added, live in Tranquebar. The two men, one of whom he only knows by last name, said, “Eyy tonn tir Chook lor parad to pou konne la.
The 60-year-old told the police that he can identify these two people. In fact, he identified Darren Grenade as one of these two people after the latter’s arrest.
