Imran Sumodhee
speaker
60 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 21 Mar
Imran Sumodhee’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Imran and his whole family went along.
It was a tense game, with a contentious decision and late goal leading to victory for Fire Brigade, infuriating Scouts Club fans.
Their anger quickly erupted into violence, first in the stands, then spilling out into the streets of the capital.
Rioting continued overnight.
By morning, the city was filled with debris and broken glass.
Then news broke that the Lamacal gambling house in the centre of Port Louis had been burnt down.
News reports were that seven bodies had been pulled from the rubble, including a pregnant woman and two children.
A police search led to Imran's family home.
His father was taken away.
Someone had reported seeing his car in the area.
Next, Imran's older brother was called in for questioning.
A week later, Imran and his younger brother were summoned by the police.
but it was Imran and his loved ones who went on to suffer.
When Imran refused to give the police names, their focus shifted to him.
His father and older brother were soon released, but Imran, his younger brother and two other men were charged with arson causing death.
The police carried out identity parades, brought in witnesses who claimed they had seen Imran with a Molotov cocktail in his hand.
This witness testimony was highly disputed at the time.
The previous year, there had been street protests in Mauritius after the death of a suspect in police custody.
Now, says Imran, the authorities were under pressure to get a conviction.
The men, who became known as the Lamical Four, would spend the next two decades in jail, protesting their innocence.
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