Ashwanlal Birijlal

Ashwanlal Birijlal (1956 - 2003)

Brief overview:

Ashwanlal (46), whose body was found in bushes at Brookdale, Phoenix, in May 2003. Birijlal had been tied up with his own clothing, he had been stabbed several times and had a concrete slab thrown on his head.

When the body of 46-year-old Ashwanlal Birijlal was taken to his family, they barely recognised his battered remains.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Birijlal's widow Teresa told the Daily News that she was happy with the sentences. "My husband was good man... he was studying to become a pastor."
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • Silver-grey Nissan Sentra
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Nikesh Ramdutt Ramoutar (23), and Jayaseelan Pillay (31), who were charged with the murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances, were convicted and sentenced in the Durban High Court to life imprisonment.
  • A third man, Brandon Peter Isaiah, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to 20 years for Birijlal's murder and 15 years for robbery.
  • During the trial both Ramoutar and Pillay pleaded not guilty and pointed fingers at each other. After Birijlal was killed, his silver-grey Nissan Sentra had been taken. Ramoutar told the court Pillay had been driving the car when he met him that night, but Pillay said it was Ramoutar.

Additional Biographical Information:

• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=5047675&r=ASHWANL...

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/DilZh
• https://archive.ph/fKlBj