Three arrested after man stabbed to death on Boxing Day
Raju Modhwadia was found bleeding from multiple knife wounds near Leicester city centre late at night.
Three suspects have been arrested after a 41-year-old man was stabbed to death in a street near Leicester’s city centre late on Boxing Day evening.
Raju Modhwadia, also known as Kara Muru, was found bleeding from multiple knife wounds in Evington Road at around 12.30am on Monday.
He was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead shortly after.
The suspects, men from Leicester aged 32, 33, and 35, were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody.
A 61-year-old woman is also in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Detectives are urging anyone who has seen or heard anything suspicious to come forward.
Detective Inspector Nicole Main, from the East Midlands Police, said: ‘While we continue to make progress in the investigation, we continue to need you, the public, to tell us what you know.
‘Mr Modhwadia has lost his life and we remain determined to find the answers we need for his family.
‘Please continue to think back to if you were in the area of Evington Road and Hamilton Street late on Boxing Day evening or during the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday. Did you see or hear anything which caused you concern? Have you any CCTV or dashcam footage from the area that we have not seen?
She added: ‘Or have you heard anything since the incident that could help us progress our investigation further? What have you heard? What do you know? If you have any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, we urge you to get in touch.
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