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Brakes on illegal drag racing Police involvement investigated NADIA KHAN, JANINE MOODLEY AND CHARLENE SOMDUTH METRO police are looking into allegations that officers are providing tip-offs about roadblocks and patrols to illegal drag racers as the street sport resumed under level 3 of the lockdown. Once the 8pm curfew was lifted on June 1, illegal drag racing enthusiasts again made various stretches of road in Durban their playgrounds. Metro police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad said: “We are working on an undercover sting operation to determine who is behind organising these races. We are aware that some police were providing the drag racers with tip-offs about roadblocks and patrols. “We will find out who the snitches are and they will also face the wrath of the law.” Sewpersad said those…
Two arrested for ex-teacher’s murder NADIA KHAN EMOTIONS ran high for the family of an Overport grandmother after two suspects were arrested in connection with her killing. On May 3, retired teacher and businesswoman Premla Moodliar, 72, was found dead in her flat in Thanamdaya Mansion on Moses Kotane Road. The mother-of-four’s hands had been bound with tape behind her back and her mouth was also taped. Her home had been ransacked. A maintenance employee on the property noticed that her gate and door were open. He saw her lying on the passage floor and raised the alarm. A case of murder and robbery was opened. Colonel Thembeka Mbele, provincial police spokesperson, said members from the Provincial Investigation Unit arrested two suspects on Monday night. “The docket was assigned to…
Community crime fighters return CPFs resume street patrols as lockdown moves to level 3 NADIA KHAN SIBONELO NGCOBO African News Agency (ANA) Supplied COMMUNITY Police Forums (CPF) have returned to active duty. Since the lockdown moved to level 3 from June 1, many CPFs and their affiliated bodies, which include sub-forums, neighbourhood and street watches, and patrollers, have resumed their volunteer work to keep neighbourhoods safe. They are, however, only able to perform oversight duties if they have been issued with essential service permits. The permits were provided by the Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs to the CPF chairpersons who then issued them to their members. The heads of some of the CPFs in Durban said crimes currently ranged from petty theft and hijackings, to theft of motor…
Tributes pour in for star who lit up room CHANELLE LUTCHMAN THE family and friends of Jòvan Muthray, who played Nilesh on e.tv’s Imbewu: The Seed, are still coming to terms with the actor’s death. Muthray, 30, of Laudium, died on Sunday. The circumstances around his death are not yet known. A relative, who declined to be named, said that the family were still coming to terms with their loss and were unable to speak. Actor Koobeshan Naidoo, who stars in the drama series, said: “He was a very funny guy. He got on with everyone. He was the type of person who lit up the room just by walking in. “He was also quirky. I spent more than two months with him on set and he had a huge…
Extortion accused appears in court CHANELLE LUTCHMAN A SHAKASKRAAL resident, who was arrested two years after a charge of extortion was opened against him, appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Brandon Moodley, 27, who was arrested in Lenasia, Johannesburg, on Friday, is linked to two high-profile kidnapping cases. It is alleged that in August 2018, Moodley contacted Raylene Louw, whose son Miguel, 9, was missing at the time. Moodley allegedly claimed he knew of the child’s whereabouts. According to a source, he contacted Louw via social media and subsequently called her several times claiming he had information. It is alleged he wanted R10000 in return. Louw instead opened a charge of extortion against him. Miguel went missing in July 2018. His body was found two months later near…
Grandfather dies after being hit by car CHARLENE SOMDUTH A PHOENIX grandfather, who was involved in a hit-and-run accident last month, has died. Chandrakumar Hariparsad, 57, a former truck driver, was standing outside his home in Caneside when he was knocked down, allegedly by a speeding car. He sustained severe head injuries and succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital. His 20-year-old neighbour was also hurt and sustained minor injuries. Hariparsad’s son Aamir Shaik said: “This is a painful time for me and my family. We were preparing for my mother’s one-year memorial service on June 20 but we now had to make arrangements for my dad’s funeral. June is a painful month for us.” His father’s cremation was on Friday at the Verulam Crematorium –…
