Makwenkwe Bunu, who was part of the search and seizure operation of documents at the Department of Agriculture in relation to the so-called Gupta lieutenant Iqbal Sharma’s Nulane Investments compan.
NPA's Thesele Rankuoatsana gave a two-day testimony in court into the money flow between the Gupta associate's banking accounts, and how millions of rands were transferred from one banking account .
Advocate Kenny Oldwage, representing accused 6 Dinesh Patel, told Judge Nompumelwlo Gusha he was made aware that police were refusing to hand over files contained in a hard drive, possibly related .
This emerged during the testimony of a state witness, Thesele Rankuotsana, who is the National Prosecuting Authority's senior financial investigator officer and former Hawks commercial crime invest.
Defense lawyers argued in court on Monday, 13 February 2023, that the prosecution team, led by Adv Peter Serunye, was attempting to ambush them with "backdoor evidence".This came after Serun.