Hooded intruder kills a 61-year-old at home in Petit-Raffray
Soobhawtee Arnachellum-Juggessur, 61, was found dead at her home on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Petit-Raffray on Friday evening. A hooded man entered the house, attacked her and fled before neighbours, alerted by her cries, could reach the scene.
Saturday's autopsy attributed the death to asphyxia by smothering. Her daughter believes a robbery that went wrong is the likeliest cause. Officers from the Major Crime Investigation Team are working through CCTV footage that traced part of the suspect's route, though no motive has yet been established.
Man gets 28 years for killing his partner and hiding her body
A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 28 years of penal servitude by the Assizes Court for the murder of his partner, whose body was left locked inside a house for three days. Randhir Etoar pleaded guilty.
The sentence lands the same week the budget moved to make breaching a protection order a criminal offence. A verdict closes one case; the new law is meant to reach the cases that never get this far.
Breaking a protection order becomes a criminal offence
Violating a Protection Order will become a criminal offence under a new domestic violence bill, with a dedicated committee set up to oversee the change. The framing from government was blunt: there can be no equality without safety. The real measure will be how fast an order moves and whether a breach actually carries a penalty.
Sugar and tea growers get a Rs 100 million yearly subsidy
The government wants sugar output back up to 250,000 tonnes by 2030 and tea production up 50% by 2029. To get there it will hand Rs 100 million a year for three years to rehabilitate 500 hectares of land. The bet is that paying to bring fields back into use beats watching them sit idle.
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Flacq man freed after Rs 300,000 ransom – A 25-year-old says four sabre-wielding men seized and beat him, freeing him only after his mother paid.
Social register threshold raised to Rs 16,400 – The income ceiling for the Social Register of Mauritius rises from Rs 14,000 to pull in more households.
Free data for 18-25s runs to June 2027 – The monthly free data package for citizens aged 18 to 25 has been extended a year.
Cigarette prices jump after excise hike – Retail tobacco prices rose with immediate effect once the budget lifted excise duty.
Tougher penalties coming for illegal gatherings – The government will amend the Public Gatherings Act to stiffen penalties for breaches.
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