Age: 41
Sex: male
Date: 27 Dec 2021
Place: Evington Road, Leicester
Raju Modhwadia was stabbed in Evington Road, Leicester in the early hours of 27 December 2021.
Five men were tried for his murder but acuitted after no evidence was offered.
He was stabbed in Evington Road at the junction with Hamilton Street around 12.30am and taken to hospital, but died soon after at around 1am.
It was determined that he had earlier been to a gathering in Hamilton Street, near the junction with St Albans Road on Boxing Day 2021.
Five people were arrested soon after:
However, by the time of the trial in May 2022, five men were charged:
However, all the charges were dropped after the Crown Prosecution Service said that they didn't believe there was sufficient evidence to go to trial. When the judge discharged the men, he said to members of the public gallery:
The police appealed for anyone that had been in the area or might have CCTV or dashcam footage from the area to come forward.
Raju Modhwadia was also known as Kara Muru.