Anni Dewani’s father loses arm in lift accident

The father of honeymoon murder victim Anni Dewani has had an arm ripped off in an industrial accident, his family have confirmed.

Vinod Hindocha, whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered by a gang in South Africa in 2010, had his right arm ripped off just below the shoulder as he was fixing a lift in his native Sweden. He was flown to hospital where the limb was reattached after 13 hours of surgery. Doctors believe he could regain full use of the arm.

His brother Ashok, who joined members of Anni’s family sitting through every day of evidence in the trial of her widower Shrien last year, said: “He told me he was in the lift as it went down and he could see his severed arm on the first floor as he went down to the ground floor.

“Life is not fair. He has movement in his elbow, which surgeons say is the most important thing, and his fingertips are getting warmer. He is a fighter,” he said.

Anni, an engineer, was killed on a luxury honeymoon in Cape Town with Bristol millionaire Shrien Dewani. Dewani, 34, was last year cleared at Western Cape High Court of any role in his wife’s murder, although the case was thrown out before he could give evidence.