London, Dec. 13: A Briton of Indian origin, accused of plotting the murder of his newly-married wife in South Africa, is now being linked to another similar carjack killing of an Indian-origin doctor in 2007, a media report said on Monday.
Shrien Dewani, 30, a businessman from Bristol, is accused of organising his bride Anni’s death. Now, police in South Africa is trying to build a new case against Dewani based on claims by the taxi driver, jailed for 18 years over the shooting, The Sun reported.
Zola Tongo, 31, told detectives he is convinced the groom arranged a similar previous murder. The fresh inquiry centres on Pox Raghavjee, a 63-year-old doctor, killed by carjackers near his home in King William’s Town in 2007.
Police in Cape Town has made the focus of its new probe a meeting between Raghavjee’s widow, Ms Heather, and Dewani and his father Mr Prakash after Anni’s death.
But police has no evidence that Dewani was ever in South Africa before his honeymoon.
Ms Raghavjee said: “I am very upset, particularly for Shrien, at the awful accusations over my husband’s murder. There is no substance in them.”