The late MUT Electrical Engineering lecturer. Image: Reaction Unit South Africa.
Two appear in court for kidnapping and killing MUT lecturer
MUT lecturer, Chanlall ‘Shan’ Dwarika was kidnapped on 28 May 2023 and his body was found a few days later.
The late MUT Electrical Engineering lecturer. Image: Reaction Unit South Africa.
Two men appeared in court in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Chanlall Shan Dwarika who was a lecturer at the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in Umlazi, south of Durban.
Sihle Mkhize (25), and Siyabonga Maye (35), appeared in the Durban Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 6 June.
TWO IN COURT FOR THE MURDER OF MUT LECTURER
As previously reported, Chanlall Dwarika was kidnapped on 28 May 2023. He was reported missing and later on charges of kidnapping and carjacking were registered following police investigations. His body was found a few days later near Mafuya Road in Inanda.
CCTV footage captured on the day of the incident showed three men forcing the elderly male into the rear of his black Honda CRV. The Electrical Engineering lecturer had not been seen or heard of since.
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National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said Mkhize and Maye, are charged with kidnapping, murder, and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
The matter was remanded to 13 June 2023, for bail information.
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