Former Durban Hawks boss Rajen Aiyer arrested on charges including perjury
High-ranking KwaZulu-Natal police officer and former Durban Hawks boss Col Rajen Aiyer was arrested on Wednesday, on charges of defeating the ends of justice and perjury.Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) detectives arrested Aiyer at his office at Durban’s police headquarters.Aiyer is set to be a key witness in the case against the so-called Cato Manor death squad.Ipid spokesperson Moses Dlamini confirmed the arrest."He will appear at the regional court today for defeating the ends of justice‚ perjury and contravention of section 9 of Act 16 of 1963 [Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act] ‚" he said.It is understood that the charges relate to an incident in 2013 in which Aiyer and his girlfriend were robbed at knifepoint while in a car at Blue Lagoon.When the matter found its way to court a year later‚ cracks emerged in Aiyer’s testimony‚ prompting Durban regional court magistrate Anand Maharaj to suggest that former provincial police commissioner Mma...
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