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KwaZulu-Natal police have reported an Asherville man\u2019s death to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate after it was claimed that he was murdered at the hands of a police reservist. <\/p>\n
Deen Reddy, 25, who worked at Durban Spice, was beaten and killed on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n
According to the mortuary report he died as a result of a brain haemorrhage and a cervical spine injury. <\/p>\n
His family believes a police reservist and his nephew were responsible for Reddy\u2019s death. <\/p>\n
KwaZulu-Natal SAPS Captain Thulani Zwane said: \u201cA case of murder has been opened and investigations are ongoing.\u201d <\/p>\n
Malthi Isaacs, who lived with Reddy, told the family that two men \u2013 one thought to be a police reservist \u2013 arrived at Reddy\u2019s home in Asherville on Wednesday evening, claiming that Reddy and a friend Leon Joeseph had stolen a lamp from a nearby temple. <\/p>\n
They forced their way in, |restrained Reddy with cable ties and threw him in the back of a van with Joeseph, who they had picked up earlier. <\/p>\n
Isaacs said Joeseph came to the house the next morning and told her that Reddy had been murdered and that he had been told he too would be killed if he went to the police. <\/p>\n
Reddy\u2019s family had not seen or heard from Joeseph. <\/p>\n
A missing persons report was filed at the Sydenham police station. <\/p>\n
The family checked with hospitals and mortuaries, but there was no sign of Reddy. <\/p>\n
On Friday a case of kidnapping was opened. <\/p>\n
The following afternoon, a friend of Reddy\u2019s contacted the family and told them that Joeseph had been in touch with him and had told him Reddy was beaten, Tasered and killed and his body was dumped in a river. <\/p>\n
The police found his body in Silverglen on Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe, as a family, are struggling to take this all in,\u201d Naidoo said. <\/p>\n
\u201cDeen was a human being and no one had the right to assault him the way they did.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not rest until we get to the bottom of this,\u201d added Naidoo. <\/p>\n
Reddy\u2019s funeral was held at his mother\u2019s home in Sydenham yesterday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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