- The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said.
- Police said they had discovered the 54-year-old businessman, bid farewell to his family in Spring Valley on the night of Saturday, May 11.
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Police are investigating the murder of a businessman after his body was found on the roadside in Nyari Estate in Gigiri, Nairobi.
The body of Somesh Ramesh was discovered in his vehicle along Ngecha Road on Sunday morning, police said.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said.
Police said they had discovered the 54-year-old businessman, bid farewell to his family in Spring Valley on the night of Saturday, May 11.
Little did they know that it would be the last time they would see him alive.
It is reported that he had earlier had a conversation on his mobile phone for a long time in which he was heard shouting with the caller.
Ramesh and the caller agreed to meet. The family has told police Ramesh was initially hesitant to pick up the call.
That was the last time he was seen alive.
The following morning, Nyari security guards on patrol stumbled upon Ramesh's body inside a roadside ditch.
Preliminary examination of the crime scene revealed that Ramesh suffered three stab wounds, one on his chest and two on his left thighs.
Authorities believe that the businessman may have been killed elsewhere before his body was transported and abandoned at the location where it was found.
Police said Wednesday they are holding a suspect in connection with the murder.
The suspect is the one who had talked to the deceased last, a team investigating the murder said.
Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei said they are following crucial leads into the murder of the businessman.
"We have a suspect who may help us know more," he said.
Another official said they believed the man was killed because of a property dispute.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Police in Kisii probe murder of man, 58
Meanwhile, police in Keumbu, Kisii, are investigating the murder of a 58-year-old man whose body was found in his farm.
The body of David Nyamasege was found with a stabbed wound in the stomach.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known. Police say no arrest has been made over the Monday murder and investigations are ongoing. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Police investigate murder of 90-year-old man in Kandara
Police in Kandara, Muranga, are investigating the murder of a 90-year-old man whose body was found in a valley.
The body of Joseph Wanyoike Gicheru was found lying in a valley along Mutoho River in Kirurumo village.
Police officers visited the scene and found the body lying in a shallow trench facing upwards and covered with a blue-flower printed leso.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.