South Africa's National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele has described the murder of UK-based Indian-origin woman Anni Dewani at an impoverished township near Cape Town as a "bizarre case".
The 28-year-old woman was found dead in a hired car after her British husband Shrien, to whom she had been married for just two weeks, claimed to have been hijacked and thrown out
of the vehicle.
Cele's "bizarre" reference was in view of the controversy surrounding the case as Shrien refused to come to South Africa for an identity parade to identify three suspects who appeared
in a Cape Town court on Monday, when the case against them was postponed to next week to allow further investigation by National Prosecuting Authority.
The driver of the hijacked cab, Zola Tongo, as well as Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, and Xolile Mngeni, 23, have been charged with murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances
and kidnapping in the high profile murder case that caused ripples in tourism sector -- a major revenue earner.
Dewani was killed after the taxi in which she was travelling with her husband was hijacked on November 13.
Speaking at an event on Monday organised by anti-crime initiative 'Shout', the police chief expressed confidence in his detectives resolving the case soon.
"You have seen that they are looking for a fourth suspect and maybe there will even be a fifth and maybe more, but we will get them," Cele said, adding that the killing has "brought a major dent" to South Africa's image abroad after
the success of a crime-free 2010 FIFA World Cup.
"A British journalist even wanted me to guarantee the safety of all British tourists to South Africa."
"But crime is an international phenomenon. I don't want to compare, but we found seven luxury cars (like) Porsches stolen in London at the Durban harbour, probably taken from
people at knife-point from their homes," Cele said.
The hype around the case has even seen speculation about Shrien Dewani to the extent that he has hired leading publicity agents and lawyers to dismiss suggestions of irregularities in the murder and its investigation.
Anni's father Vinod Hindocha on Monday disclosed details of the couple allegedly sitting separately on their flight to South Africa, with Anni reportedly crying and refusing to sit next to her husband.