UK-based husband of an Indian-origin woman who was shot dead in South Africa while on a honeymoon faces arrest on charges of murder of his wife,media reported. Anni Dewani,28,and her husband Shrien Dewani were honeymooning in the Western Cape when they were abducted by two armed men in Guguletu township on November 13. Later,the hijackers released the 31-year-old husband,but Anni's body was later found in an impoverished township neighbourhood southeast of central Cape Town. Quoting sources close to the investigation,'The Times' reported today that Police in South Africa were preparing to arrest Shrien,the British bridegroom on murder charge if he returns to South Africa. The report said Dewani is being treated as a suspect and is expected to be arrested on suspicion of murder when he returns to South Africa. Three men have been already charged with her murder,including the taxi driver,who is believed to have led the couple into a trap. 30-year-old Shrien,a chartered accountant from Westbury on Trym,near Bristol married Anni in a grand ceremony in Mumbai and guests at the lavish affair were flown in from all over Europe and the sub-continent. Anni grew up in Sweden,where she worked as a product designer for the mobile phone company Ericsson,before settling in London. A spokesman for Dewani said that the South African police had yet to request his return. In his only interview since his return,Shrien told The Sun: "Why would I want to kill her? People who suggest this could not have seen us together. Saying I was somehow involved simply defies logic." Max Clifford,the publicist hired by the Dewani family to speak to the media on their behalf,insisted that the claims that police regarded Shrien as suspect were untrue. He said that Shrien was overwhelmed with grief and been sedated by a doctor. "Not only has he had to cope with the hijacking and the murder of his bride,he has been faced with these unfounded allegations that he was in someway involved." According to the Daily Telegraph,Shrien was engaged once before,in 2008,to Rani Kansagra,but ended the relationship after a couple of months.
