Family in shock at doctor’s murder

Slain doctor Bhavish Sewram and his wife Yuvadia on their wedding day.

Slain doctor Bhavish Sewram and his wife Yuvadia on their wedding day.

Published May 15, 2013

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Durban - The shocked wife of the Pietermaritzburg doctor who was shot dead on Monday night described his murder as “cool and calculated”.

Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Yuvadia Sewram said even if his killer was caught, this would not bring back her best friend and the father of her two daughters, Lysti, five, and Zita, three.

Dr Bhavish Sewram, 33, was gunned down outside his surgery in Greytown Road at 7pm as he sat in his car.

Sewram had just started his vehicle when an unknown man approached and shot the doctor through the window, three times at point-blank range.

He was shot in the neck, back and arm and died on the scene.

Police said the gunman, who was clad in a white hoodie, ran down Greytown Road and into a nearby informal settlement .

Police are viewing CCTV footage from a supermarket near Sewram’s surgery for evidence that might assist in their investigation.

No arrests have yet been made.

Yuvadia said that the murder of her husband had left her devastated.

“My whole life is in turmoil,” she said.

 

The distraught widow said that on Monday she waited for her husband to close his surgery at 7pm.

But rather than welcome him home as she usually did, she received a call from her mother.

“When I received the call I thought he was injured and would be taken to hospital. Little did I realise it was going to be fatal,” she said.

Sewram’s father, retired school principal Parmanand, said Sewram was his only son. He has three daughters.

Parmanand said Sewram’s matric results were so excellent he had been accepted into every medical school in the country.

“Bhavish opted to go to the Eastern Cape, at Unitra,” he said.

He qualified in 2003, and married in 2007.

“He was a loving and caring husband to his wife and a dedicated father to his two children. I always considered him a star – which has now fallen.”

Parmanand said Sewram had a deep desire to serve the community and often did not charge poor patients.

Sewram’s funeral will be held today at Aryan Hall in Khan Road from 11am until 2pm before proceeding to the Mountain Rise Crematorium.

Daily News

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