Priyan Devani is a UK lawyer, best known as the brother of Sriyan Devani, who was accused in the 2010 case of his wife’s honeymoon murder. Priyanka’s sister-in-law, Anni Devani, was killed in a carjacking while she was on her honeymoon. With Shrien Devani in South Africa on 13 November 2010.
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Wiki/Biography
Priyanka Devani was born in April 1978 (age 43 years; as in 2021) in Bristol, England. He received his schooling from Bristol Grammar School, England. Later, he went to Oxford University to graduate in law.
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Prakash Devani. He is the founder and owner of PSP Healthcare in Bristol, England. His mother’s name is Snila Devani.
He has two siblings named Srien Devani and Preeyar Devani.
His grandfather’s name is Prabhudas.
wife and children
Preyen’s wife’s name is Kripa Devani. The couple have two daughters.
Statement during the hearing of Annie Murder Case
Priyan Devani became a detective for his brother Shrien Devani during the Anni murder trial from 2010 to 2014. Priyanka was the first person Srien Devani called after her taxi was hijacked in South Africa. By then, Sriyan was emotionally supported and supported by Preyen Devani as a murder case detective.
During the court hearing, Priene was caught on a tape making derogatory remarks to South Africans while he was speaking to Anni Dewani’s parents. This tape was secretly recorded by Sneha Mashru (Anni’s cousin), who hid a tape recorder in her jacket during the conversation between Priyanka Devani and Anni’s family. After overhearing the conversation it became clear that Preyan Dewani was attempting to make his point of view clear by making inflammatory remarks at South Africans and convincing Anni’s family that Preyan had no role in Anni’s murder. He said,
South Africa is not normal. These are black people. We’re not dealing with anything ordinary here. We are working with South Africa. This is not Sweden or the UK where you have a strong police and court system. These are black people.”
In a statement by Preyen Dewani, he raised the question that there was no life policy in the name of Anni Dewani, so there was no motive for killing Shrien. He asked,
Why would you have such a big wedding, despite everything that happened, why would you, there is no life policy. You tell me – what benefit does ShriN have there?”
At that time, the news was in discussion that after the death of Anni Devani, the Devani family would get benefit from the insurance policy. However, Preyen Dewani denied all the allegations and immediately offered a huge amount of money in the name of the Hindocha family. Priyanka also clarified that her family was not suffering from any financial crisis and her company was doing well. He narrated,
We are not in any kind of financial difficulty. ..If you want 5 million in cash, I can write you a check right now. There’s no problem with our company – the way we set up and structure our company is very smart – because it’s meant to make sure that we…”
Facts/General Knowledge
- Priyanka was the one who helped Shrien Devani arrange Shrien’s engagement with Annie in Paris in May 2010.
- Priene was the first person the Cape Town police informed about the murder of Annie Dewani on 13 November 2010. Priyan Dewani was in regular contact with the Cape Town Police, who were investigating the case following Annie’s solo abduction on 13 November 2010.
- Preyen Devani was the person who made the funeral and spreadsheet arrangements for Anni’s body when Preyen Devani, along with Anni Devani’s family members, returned to Bristol from South Africa after receiving her body on 17 November 2010.
- Following the death of Anni Devani, during the court case, Priyanka tried hard to unite the two families and even arranged a meeting with the Hindocha family at the Devanis’ central London flat two days after Anni’s funeral. It was later speculated, based on those conversations, that Priene played the role of an interrogator, diplomat, and alarmist.
- At the same time, Preyen Devaney, on the advice of Srien’s lawyer, made a public statement that Srien was coerced by the South African police into the murder of his wife Annie Devanee so that it would not affect South Africa’s tourism revenues and reputation. He also said in his statement that Srien was accused of murder due to political pressure in South Africa.
- To save himself from the murder charges against Shrien Devani, Preyen Devani had taken the help of his PR agencies and was in constant touch with them.
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