00:00The gunman, who failed to finish the job in Williamsville two months ago, returned last
00:17night to a house where contractor Premraj Hira was staying on the Naparimambyara Road
00:22in Kokia Village and finished him off before escaping.
00:26On October 24th, Hira, who lived at Benton Lamont, Williamsville, survived an attempt
00:30on his life after gunmen shot up his SUV with his children in it.
00:36When he spoke to the media at that time, it seemed he had a premonition that the gunmen
00:40would return.
00:41Right now, it's a target outside for me.
00:42It's a bit of an issue.
00:43Somebody want to kill us.
00:44Somebody want to kill me and my daughter.
00:45Yes.
00:46Yes.
00:47Because, I mean, just say somebody probably get paid to do a job.
00:49Yes.
00:50Yes.
00:51Because, I mean, just say somebody probably get paid to do a job.
00:52And if the job is completed, they won't be coming back again.
00:58Investigators say that a hidden gunman ran onto the compound and shot Hira multiple times
01:02around 7pm, ensuring that he was dead, before sprinting out of the compound and into a waiting
01:08car.
01:09In October, Hira had alluded to an ongoing land dispute.
01:12However, several of his relatives, speaking to TV6 News on the condition of anonymity,
01:17dismissed these allegations, stating that Hira was mixed up with the wrong people and
01:22had owed a huge sum of money to someone.
01:25A relative said that several months ago, Hira was given close to half a million dollars
01:29to vacate the Koke village compound, but he returned weeks later to the building and some
01:34of his close relatives decided to leave.
01:37Another relative said that in April this year, there was a home invasion at the residence
01:41of one of Hira's relatives in Debe, and he later admitted to the relative that he had
01:45sent persons to the house to demand money from them to assist in clearing his debt.
01:51During that home invasion, the family was beaten by the armed assailants, who demanded
01:55$100,000.
01:57Homicide detectives are working on this latest theory of Hira owing someone a large sum of
02:01money.
02:02Mark Besant, TV6 News.
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