This archive report was first published on 5 October 2019.
On Saturday, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of Rai Cement proprietor Chetan Vyas, a Kenyan billionaire.
The five suspects, identified as Azim Salim (38), Osman Noor (24), Mohamed Shahid (38), Yacoob Wali (24), and Shabdin Ismail (29), work as loading supervisors at Rai Cement Company in Kericho County.
According to the DCI, the suspects were apprehended after a forensic investigation placed them at the scene of the crime.
They hail from Mombasa County and detectives are also investigating an aspect of terror in the killing of the billionaire industrialist.
Police established that Shabdin Ismail previously worked in Saudi Arabia and Qatar as a security guard.
DCI cautioned Kenyan companies against hiring foreign-trained personnel before seeking their clearance, which is done through coordination with International Police (Interpol).
Chetan Vyas was found murdered inside his house located within Rai Cement Factory in Kericho on September 23rd, with hands and legs bound with a rope and tied around his neck.
Investigations revealed that the killers gained access to the house through the roof, lifting tiles from the roof to gain access to the house through the kitchen store.
The suspects disconnected a CCTV camera mounted outside the house but their images were captured by CCTV inside the house, although their faces were covered with masks.
