Family hires PI, forensic scientist to
investigate CT man’s death
Nadeem Khan died in police custody in Rondebosch
last week.
CAPE TOWN - Relatives of a man who died in police custody have appointed a private
investigator and a forensic scientist to investigate the circumstances around
the 37-year-old's death.
Nadeem Khan
was arrested in Rondebosch last week on suspicion of selling a stolen
cellphone. But his family insists he was trying to sell his own phone.
He was declared dead on arrival at
the Rondebosch police station.
Khan's brother Amien says he
believes authorities are trying to cover up the circumstances around is death.
He claims while a post-mortem has
shown no evidence of brutality, he says his brother had scratches on his face
and his eyes were swollen.
He says police told the family Khan
had difficulty breathing before he died.
“I’ve been in discussion with the
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) as well and asked them if
they have camera footage. They said they had bad news for me because they’ve
got radio footage of the van approaching and leaving the scene, but they don’t
have any footage of the actual arrest. Conveniently, that camera was not
working.”
Ipid is investigating.
(Edited by Shimoney Regter)
