Foul, cries Thoshan Panday

IN A SHOCKING revelation, Durban businessman Thoshan Panday has publicly accused the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) of harbouring what he describes as “rogue” investigators.

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The allegations stem from claims that IDAC’s senior investigator, Brian Padayachee, illegally intercepted his phone calls over a decade ago, raising serious questions about the integrity of the agency tasked with rooting out corruption.

Panday asserts that Padayachee, while serving in the KwaZulu-Natal Crime Intelligence Unit from 2010 to 2012, conducted unlawful surveillance on him, violating the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act of 2002 (RICA).

He claims that Padayachee was the investigator behind a court-driven investigation designated as Enquiry Number 145/2010, which aimed to cast a shadow over his business dealings.”

“The conduct of Padayachee and certain colleagues involved fraud and contravened section 51(1) of RICA in their applications to the Designated Judges,’ Panday stated.