A police officer of a senior rank based in Tharaka Nithi County was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly sodomizing six teenage boys. 

The six boys were on Tuesday morning rescued from a house belonging to Chief Inspector John Marete, the Officer Commanding Police Post (OCPP) at Mitheru in Maara Sub-County. 

The raid that rescued the boys followed a tipoff from a member of the general public and was led by Maara Sub-County Police Commander (SCPC) Mohamed Jarso. 

“Jarso immediately called the Sub-County Criminal Investigation Officer (SCIO), the Deputy Sub-County Police Commander, the duty officer at Chogoria Police Station and his team, who went to Marete’s house in Chogoria Township,” a police report filed at Chogoria Police Station reads.  

“On arrival, the team found six young boys sleeping on the floor,” the report adds. 

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The police report revealed that three of the boys rescued were aged 14, and the other three aged 15, 18 and 19 respectively and all hail from Ntumu Sub-Location. 

The report continued: “All the children were rescued and taken to Chogoria Police Station. Upon interrogation, the boys revealed that Chief Inspector Marete had been having carnal knowledge of them.” 

The suspect is in police custody waiting to be arraigned.