the CID had concluded the investigations and thereby charged the Indian national Pankaj Kumar Panchal and two Sierra Leoneans Mohamed Kamara and Osman Kamara who were all alleged to be ritualists, with the offences of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Attempted Murder, Robbery with Aggravation, Wounding with Intent to Murder and Kidnapping.

The three accused persons appeared in court yesterday before Magistrate Hannah Bunni of Magistrate Court No. 1 and they were denied bail, sent to the Pademba Road Correctional Centre on remand and the matter comes up again on 29th march, 2019.