PI ’close to solving E.Cape murder of Dewani family friend’

A private investigator has revealed he is close to cracking a case in which an Eastern Cape doctor was murdered several years ago.

Pox Raghavjee was shot dead in Bhisho in 2007.

It recently emerged he was family friends with Shrien Dewani’s parents. This prompted South African authorities to investigate a possible link between the Raghavjee matter and the killing of Dewani’s wife, Anni, in Cape Town in 2010.

However, Private Investigator Christian Botha said there is no evidence suggesting the link.


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Dewani Link in South African Doctor Murder Dismissed

Dr Raghavjee, 60, was carjacked and shot dead for no apparent reason during his drive to work in the Eastern Cape town of Port Elizabeth.

His widow Heather travelled to Cape Town to support Shrien Dewani when he and his new wife were carjacked and she was shot dead last month.

Police, who allege that Mr Dewani arranged a fake carjacking to have his wife killed, later suggested that there could be a link with the death of Mr Raghavjee because the families knew each other, and sent detectives from the capital Pretoria to investigate.

But Christian Botha, a private investigator based in the Eastern Cape commissioned by Mrs Raghavjee in June to look at her husband's murder again, said he was executed because he was about to disclose incriminating information.

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Wife of doctor murdered in South Africa calls on Dewani link investigation

The wife of a doctor murdered in South Africa has asked a private investigator to explore any link between her husband's death and Shrien Dewani, the British bridegroom wanted over the murder of his wife.

Heather Raghavjee asked Christian Botha to examine both cases to see if there was any connection.

The move came after the South African police said they were investigating possible links between the death of Dr Pox Raghavjee in 2007 and that of Anni Dewani in November.

Mrs Dewani was on honeymoon with her new husband Shrien Dewani in Cape Town when their taxi was carjacked and she was shot dead.

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Murdered Couple’s Family to Hire PI

Family of murdered former Dispatch employees Graham and Kate Lizamore are hiring a private investigator to help find answers to the pair’s brutal death last week.

Kate’s sister, Patricia Hayes , yesterday said they wanted an independent investigation into the killings.

“The family will be looking at that route just to assist with the investigations. A private investigator will be used for this. We need to know what happened and why they were murdered,” said Hayes.

On Friday last week, the Lizamores were found dead in their Pinetown home near Durban.

Their death, which has shocked many of their former colleagues and friends, has puzzled police and family members after it was established that nothing was taken from their home.

Last week, the couple’s family had to call police to investigate why they were not responding to numerous phone calls.

On arrival at the couple’s home last Friday, police noticed that the main door was unlocked. Their bodies were discovered in a toilet.

Graham’s legs and hands were tied at the back while Kate had a black plastic bag around her head.

According to the police, the couple’s bodies were partly decomposed, suggesting they might have been murdered a few days earlier.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Mdunge confirmed there was nothing taken from the couple’s home.

“Detectives are currently combing the couple’s place to check for any clues that might assist in their investigations. We are following any information that will assist us with this case,” said Mdunge.

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