Babita Deokaran
WITH August marking the fifth death anniversary of slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran, a monument in her honour will be unveiled at the Mount Edgecombe Shree Mariammen Temple on Women’s Day (August 9).
While the hunt for the “mastermind or masterminds” of the 53-year-old Deokaran’s killers continues, the death of the former chief director of financial accounting at the Gauteng Department of Health has not gone down in vain.
Apart from the religious group’s gesture, Deokaran, who was killed in an alleged hit on August 23, 2021, for blowing the whistle on fraud and corruption at Tembisa Hospital, is widely revered for exposing the wanton corruption at the state-run facility.
Three days after her death, six men were arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
