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Man killed in drive-by shooting near Teddy Mafiaâs house
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KZN police, the shooting took place in Taurus Street around 12 noon.
It is the same road alleged drug kingpin Yaganathan Teddy Mafia Pillay lived in and where he was killed in his home in January.
According to Captain Nqobile Gwala it is alleged the victim alighted from his vehicle when another vehicle passed along and fired shots towards him, hitting him in the head.
âHe was declared dead at the scene and a case of murder is being investigated by Chatsworth SAPS.â
Since Pillay was shot and the two men allegedly responsible for his murder, beheaded and burnt in full view of the community, there have been a number of drive-by shootings.
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7 January 2021 2:40 PM
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Mafia, born Yaganathan Pillay died while en route to hospital on Monday after being shot at close range in his Chatsworth home.
Alleged drug lord Yaganathan Teddy Mafia Pillay has been laid to rest during an elaborate ceremony at his home in Shallcross, Durban.
The suspected gangster was shot at his home on Monday and later died en route to hospital.
#TeddyMafia has been laid to rest. The coffin was carried by family members through a street in Shallcross where over 100 people gathered to bid farewell. SAPS and Metro unsuccessfully giving crowds verbal warnings to maintain social distancing. @Newzroom405pic.twitter.com/e1qpFTSdJG Karinda Jagmohan (@Karinda J) January 7, 2021
Alleged drug kingpin Teddy Mafiaâs family say they are receiving death threats
By Zainul Dawood
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DURBAN â THE family of slain Shallcross resident Yaganathan Pillay, 62, also known as Teddy Mafia, are still receiving death threats via social media.
Pillay, an alleged drug kingpin, was shot in his home by two men he told the family were friends on Monday afternoon. His death will be immortalised through videos and images, circulating worldwide, of the subsequent beheading of the two alleged hitmen outside his Taurus Street home. They were then set alight under a pile of planks and car tyres.
On Tuesday, a one-minute video clip circulated on social media with the lyrics of Tupac Shakurâs song