Four suspects arrested for murder of e-hailing driver in Cornubia
The suspects are facing charges of murder and carjacking following the murder in August of this year.
FOUR suspects facing charges of murder and carjacking will appear in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court for the murder of e-hailing driver Ganesh Tiven in August this year.
On August 30, the 38-year-old received a request to pick up clients at a tavern in Phoenix and transport them to Cornubia.
However, once in Cornubia, the four suspects turned on him and robbed him of his firearm.
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“They also attempted to put him in the boot of the vehicle, however he managed run away,” explained provincial SAPS spokesperson, constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo. “While fleeing one of the suspects shot him on his leg and he fell to the ground. The suspects then approached the victim and fired several shots fatally wounding him. They fled in deceased’s vehicle which was later found crashed in Ndwedwe.”
On September 19 an intelligence-driven operation led police to a flat in Verulam where one of the suspects lived.
“A search was conducted and a 9mm pistol belonging to the deceased was recovered. Bongani Ndebele (20) was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as well as murder and carjacking. He appeared at the Verulam Magistrates Court on Tuesday this week. The three outstanding suspects aged between 17 and 23 were arrested a day later for murder and carjacking. They are expected to appear in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court this week,” she said.
Ngcobo said investigations are underway to link the men to a robbery case which also took place in Cornubia where a family was robbed at gunpoint by a group of men.
