Kidnapped, killed and mutilated, family still looking for closure

After Zeyn Khan’s mangled body was discovered in a dam in Pretoria a year ago, his family is still looking for closure. Khan, a businessman from Lenasia who was 43 years old, was kidnapped in November 2021.

His body parts were discovered a month after he was kidnapped after Kameeldrift police received information that a member of the public had witnessed someone throwing something into the Roodeplaat Dam from a bridge.

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Police in Gauteng found a frozen body enclosed in a plastic bag.

Despite having its limbs and head hacked off, Khan’s bones were recognized by DNA tests.

His family admitted to News24 that they were still having trouble processing his horrendous demise.

“Kidnappings have become such a regular occurrence in South Africa, but most individuals make it home to their families,” said Khan’s daughter Aarifah.

“My family was one of the unlucky ones to not welcome my father home after he was kidnapped,” she said, adding that they had also received little information about the case from the police.

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“It has been almost a year since we found out that my father was murdered, yet we have gotten no sort of closure or other information regarding the case from the police.”

“Due to this being such a time-sensitive and important case, you would think investigators and police officials would do their utmost best to give us, as the family, some answers with regard to my father’s tragic death.”

A heartbroken Khan said that the uncertainty around the murder and the police’s failure to bring the culprits to book had added to the family’s emotional battle.

“There have been so many stories circulating that he is alive and in another country… it’s heartbreaking to hear people’s comments on a situation they know nothing about,” she said.

Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza confirmed that the case was still under investigation and no arrests had been made.

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