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Investigation into burnt rice farming couple still ongoing – Blanhum
As the investigations into the deaths of rice farming couple Mohamed Munir and his wife, Bibi Jamila continue, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that his ranks are working on some additional information.
The dead couple.
During a recent interview, Blanhum said that the investigation is still ongoing. “It is a work in progress. As a result of the information we would have received we have arrested five persons.”
According to the Crime Chief, those persons were interviewed and they have denied having anything to do with the murder of the couple.
At this point, this newspaper was told that detectives are working on some new leads that they have received.
Mohamed Munir, 75, and his wife Bibi Jamila Munir, 69, perished shortly after 23.00 hrs on April 17, last, after they were trapped in a raging fire that destroyed their heavily-grilled, two-storey house. Their badly burnt corpses were retrieved from the debris after the fire was finally extinguished.
Eyewitnesses said that the blaze started in the upper flat and spread throughout within minutes.
While some residents said that they had heard gunshots, post mortem examinations performed on the victims showed that they died from severe burns.
Police have received reports from at least one female neighbour, who said that she saw two people in the couple’s verandah before the fire broke out. The neighbour also claimed to have heard Mrs. Munir screaming that ‘bandits’ were in the house.
Shamiza Khosial said that she was up at around 23:00 hrs, when her son told her that there were people fighting at the Munirs’ residence.
On peeping outside, Mrs. Khosial said that she saw two people on the couple’s verandah. She also heard the Munirs screaming for help.
“The place was dark and I see two persons on the verandah and then I started to hear they (the couple) shouting that bandits were in the house,” Khosial said.
Investigations are ongoing.
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