A postmortem report has revealed how a businessman involved in a Thika Road shootout painfully died after sustaining serious injuries.
A report by the Chief Government Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor, following an autopsy conducted on Tuesday, March 8, indicated that the tycoon, Sudhir Shah, was shot in the chest.
The pathologist noted that the bullet affected the deceased's vital body organs. His lungs were severely injured leading to excessive internal bleeding.
Dr Oduor conducted the postmortem exercise at Mary Help Funeral Home in Thika.
The tycoon was shot dead after being sprayed with bullets after parking his car off Thika Road minutes after leaving a meeting at Ndarugo Plantation 1960 Limited. He had attended a meeting with nine other directors of the company.
The directors also included the late Internal Security minister John Michuki's son - Francis Michuki. The team had visited a coffee plantation along Thika Road when they were accosted by gun-wielding thugs on a motorcycle.
They were ordered to lie down but Michuki's bodyguard opened fire on them, triggering a heavy exchange of fire in broad daylight, leaving Shah with serious injuries.
"They arrived at the said company and made some official discussions in the office for a while and later one of them left driving slowly outside the office compound and all stopped and parked their vehicles aside next to a coffee plantation close distance to the Thika superhighway.
"While conversing, they were accosted by two suspects who came riding a motorcycle of unknown registration number,” read the statement.
Shah was later pronounced dead upon arrival at Thika Central Memorial Hospital where he had been rushed for treatment.
The other nine directors including Francis and his bodyguard escaped unhurt.
Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are still conducting investigations into the matter.
