Thursday 7 January 2021 - 11:53am
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DURBAN - Alleged drug kingpin, Yaganathan Pillay, better known as Teddy Mafia is being buried in Durban. He was killed at his home on Monday. Immediately after the murder, those believed to be responsible were beheaded and set alight.
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07 January 2021 - 11:10
Dozens have gathered in Taurus Street in Shallcross, Durban, to pay their final respects to suspected drug kingpin Yaganathan Pillay, otherwise known as Teddy Mafia.
Amid a strong police presence of both SAPS and metro police members, neighbours, friends and onlookers gathered in their numbers in the street on Thursday morning.
There were less than 50 people at his house. In the street there were about 100 people who were standing socially distanced apart.
The funeral of suspected drug kingpin #TeddyMafia is underway as his body arrives at his home on Taurus Street in Shallcross. It at this very home where Yaganathan Pillay was gunned down on Monday, his attackers being subsequently shot, beheaded & burnt @TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/D08FzAld4u Orrin Singh (@orrin417) January 7, 2021
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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