Whistleblowers | Police confirm arrest of 7 suspects in connection with Babita Deokaran's murder

Police have confirmed that seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Department of Health's official, Babita Deokaran. The 53-year-old chief director of financial accounting was gunned down in Winchester Hills in Johannesburg on Monday after dropping off her child at school. She was taken to hospital where she later died. She was a key witness in the Special Investigating Unit's probe into the Gauteng multi-million-rand Personal Protective Equipment contract scandal. After receiving information, police conducted an operation at the suspects' hideouts in Johannesburg. Police spokesperson, Brenda Muridili, says during the arrests, the police recovered two firearms and two vehicles.

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