It is unclear who ordered the hit, but there are calls for those behind Deokaran's murder to be brought to book.
Members of the Deokaran family marked the first anniversary of Babita Deokaran’s assassination with a wreath-laying ceremony on 23 August 2022. Picture: Nigel Sibanda, her family said they will never have complete closure until the mastermind behind her murder are arrested.
The six men who on Tuesday, 22 August, pleaded guilty to her murder admitted that they were recruited to assassinate her because she was “a problem” and “created problems at work” and that she had to be “dealt with”. It is unclear who ordered the hit, but there are calls for the mastermind behind her murder to be brought to book.
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