Police officers in Machakos County are investigating the gruesome murder of an Indian businessman who was killed in the Kilili area on Valentine's Day.
CCTV footage retrieved by police showed Jayesh Kumar Kanji walking along Kodi Road in Nairobi West in the company of his wife and child on Wednesday morning, February 14.
The family headed towards the estate's main gate while the businessman diverted to meet a friend who was driving a white Toyota Prado.
Moments later, Kanji was picked up by his friend at a local petrol station and the two proceeded to Machakos County to conduct land transactions in the area.
Reports indicated that three hitmen ambushed Kanji and his friend shortly after arriving at a conservancy in Kilili at around 11 am.
The businessman was reportedly hit with a blunt object at the back of his head before the alleged hitmen removed his clothes and poured acid on his body.
Guards manning the conservancy reported the matter after they found the body in a deteriorated state. Police officers were then dispatched to the scene where they processed the body and ferried it to a morgue pending a postmortem.
Among the items recovered at the crime scene as exhibits were broken glasses and an earring, believed to belong to the deceased.
Police also picked pieces of bones, a checked shirt with blood stains, a shoe and a metal rod from the area.
A motorbike, suspected to have been the suspects' getaway vehicle, was found a few metres from the scene. Following investigations, Kanji's friend and three other suspects were arrested in connection with the murder.
Police officers are trying to piece together information to determine if Kanji's friend worked in cahoots with the hitmen to commit the heinous crime.
The detectives have yet to release a statement on the progress of the case.
