Durban - A woman has been detained for questioning in connection with the murder of Musgrave resident Shakila Singh.
The 35-year-old was taken in by police on Tuesday.
She is the third person that has been linked to the 56-year-old retired teacher’s murder on February 29.
Police believe robbery was the motive.
Kennedy Amon Ngongi, 28, and Ally Juna Abdullah, 34, both from Tanzania, appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Ngongi was arrested in Durban last Wednesday by members of the Provincial Task Team, comprising warrant officers Rajen Govender, Praved Maharaj, Lenny Naidoo and Denver Parbhu.
He was walking on a street when police pounced.
Abdullah was arrested that same evening in the Springfield area.
Both men, who are known to each other, are being held at different police cells pending their bail application, which is expected to take place on Friday.
The men are facing charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
Singh, formally from Umzinto, and living in an upmarket Musgrave duplex, was found lying on the floor of her home.
Police believe she might have been strangled.
Singh and her domestic worker had been at home when the attack took place.
It is not yet clear how the intruders entered the unit, which has a security gate at the front door, but there appeared to be no signs of forced entry.
The domestic worker, who was assaulted and also gagged and bound with cable ties, managed to roll down a flight of stairs to the outside, where she alerted another domestic worker.
The robbers fled with two cellphones belonging to Singh as well as jewellery. Police found Mauritian rupees on Singh’s bed. One of the cellphones has since been recovered.
Police are still searching for one other person who is also believed to be linked to the murder.
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