A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of former Umtshezi municipality speaker Stanley Chetty, police said on Wednesday.
Chetty was gunned down on September 20 when he and board members of the Inkomfe Cluster Project were taking a break following a board meeting.
Police spokesperson Inspector Joey Jeevan said that on Monday members of the Pietermaritzburg Serious and Violent Crimes Unit ”proceeded to C-Section in Wembezi in Estcourt, where they made a breakthrough and arrested a 22-year-old suspect”.
She said the suspect would appear in the Estcourt Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Chetty was an independent councillor who joined the African National Congress during the recent floor-crossing period.
ANC spokesperson Mtholephi Mthimkhulu welcomed the arrest, saying ”we hope it will bring to light who was behind this dastardly deed”. – Sapa