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Doodnath was also a research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF). The foundation on Monday said its workers were devastated by the murder of Doodnath. Times Select reports the 30-year-old was on her way home from a dancing event at the Hindu Temple in Mayfair, Johannesburg.
According to iol.co.za, Gauteng provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Lungelo Dlamini, said Doodnath was shot dead after 9pm on Saturday at the intersection of Jan Smuts Avenue and Upper Park Drive, Westcliff.
“A white Ford Figo was found with bullet holes, and a lady who was inside the vehicle had been fatally shot,” he said.
Paramedics declared her dead at the scene, and Dlamini said the motive for the shooting was not clear. He said a case of murder had been registered at Parkview police station.
“It seems that nothing was taken from the vehicle,” said Dlamini.