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Man accused of corruption, granted bail of R30, 000

He briefly appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court this week and was granted R30, 000 bail. The case was postponed to October 12, 2023.

The Hawks from the Durban Serious Corruption Investigation unit recently arrested Mohammed Hanif Darsot (56) for corruption.

During the period between July 2019 and December 2020, Darsot was working for a food company at Westville.

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It is alleged that he shared company information with another company and received financial gains.
As a result, the company he was working for suffered a financial loss of approximately R5 million.

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A case of corruption was reported at Westville police station and the case docket was allocated to the Hawks for further investigation, hence his arrest.

He briefly appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court this week and was granted R30, 000 bail. The case was postponed to October 12, 2023.

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