Pictured: The British-based doctor honeymoon murder husband is accused of killing three years ago

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:59 PM on 12th December 2010

Shrien Dewani 'probed over car jacking murder of doctor'
Killing of Dr Pox Raghavjee has never been solved
Publicist Max Clifford calls new claims 'a farce, comedy'
Claim businessman 'left envelope of cash in a taxi to pay for wife's murder'

Murder victim: Dr Pox Raghavjee with his wife Heather

A British newlywed accused of hiring a hitman to kill his bride on their South African honeymoon has denied he was involved in another murder three years ago.

South African National Commissioner General Bheki Cele told reporters police are investigating a link between wealthy businessman Shrien Dewani and the 2007 murder of Dr Pox Raghavjee.

Publicist Max Clifford, who represents Dewani, dismissed the possibility his client was implicated in either murder.
He said the doctor's widow, Heather Raghavjee, had travelled from King's William Town to Cape Town to comfort Dewani after the murder.

But he said they had never previously met and Mrs Raghavjee had made the journey at the request of her daughter-in-law, Alvita Raghavjee, who lives in the Bristol area and knows the Dewani family.

Dewani, 30, was released from Wandsworth Prison on bail after his family came up with £250,000 security. He is wanted by South African police for conspiracy to murder his new wife Anni, 28, who was killed during a carjacking.

Dr Raghavjee, pictured here with his wife, also died during a car-jacking but the case reportedly remains open.

Taxi driver Zola Tongo accused Dewani of offering to pay 15,000 rand (£1,400) for his wife's murder and ordering it to appear like a bungled carjacking as they drove through the notorious township of Gugulethu.

Tongo's allegation formed part of a plea agreement drawn up with prosecutors at Western Cape High Court where he was jailed for 18 years earlier this week for his part in the killing.

Tongo has also alleged that Dewani told him he had arranged a murder in a fake hijacking in South Africa before.

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