Foreign national killed in Kenya, body doused in acid

Indian national killed at the Lukenya Conservancy on Valentine’s Day with the body doused in acid.

Four men have been arrested in the gruesome murder of an Indian businessman, Jayesh Kumar Kanji at the Lukenya Conservancy. 

According to a report by Citizen TV, the four who include; Kalian Vecaria, Munguti Mulandi, Gideon Muasa and Steven Mwau were arraigned at Kibera Law Courts on Monday, February 19, where they were to be charged with the murder of Jayesh Kumar Kanji.

The report adds Kanji met a friend, Vicaria, an Indian national, moments after escorting his son to school at a petrol station in the area. 

The police allege that it was at this meeting that Vecaria lured Kanji to Kilili in Lukenya, Machakos county, under the guise that he was planning to purchase a piece of land. 

The report further revealed that the two drove towards Mombasa Road using a vehicle, which is now in police custody, arriving at the crime scene at around 11am. 

Vecaria’s alleged hitmen ambushed them inside the vast land surrounded by bushes, hitting Kanji in the back of his head with a blunt object. 

Armed with acid, the assailants removed Kanji’s clothes before dousing the body with the chemical in what police believe was an attempt to conceal the evidence. 

Despite all their efforts to tamper with the scene, the assailants left the area in a hurry, forgetting the murder weapons. 

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Following his disappearance, Kanji’s family made a missing person report at the Langata Police Station on Thursday, February 15. 

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives from the Nairobi area launched investigations and arrested one of the suspects, Munguti Mulandi, in Athi River. 

Mulandi led detectives to Lukenya Conservancy, where officers recovered pieces of broken spectacles and an earring believed to belong to Kanji. 

Officers from Kyumbi Police Station informed the detectives that they had recovered pieces of bones, a checked shirt with blood stains and a metal rod from the area. 

A motorbike believed to have been used to ferry the assailants to the crime scene was also recovered. 

Detectives who are yet to establish the motive of the murder suspect with clues pointing to a business deal gone wrong or a sour romantic affair. 

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