Suddenly, the name Shahied Davids started trending on social media. It reportedly happened when the officials arrested him in Cape Town. But why? It is said that Shahied Davids is an Umrah swindler. According to the reports, Shahied Davids was arrested on Sunday, January 14, 2024, prompting chaos at the Cape Town International Airport. Since Shahied Davids’s arrest news broke out, it has been continuously making headlines and trending all over the internet. Thus, innumerable people have been searching for the charges against him. What are the charges against Shahied Davids? Let’s delve into the details and unravel the charges levied on him. Be with this page and go through the article till the end. Scroll down the page.
Who Is Shahied Davids? Alleged Umrah Swindler Arrested At Cape Town International Airport
It is said that the alleged Umrah swindler landed at around 6 pm at Cape Town International Airport after boarding a Qatar Airways flight from Doha. But Shahied Davids was not aware that Capetonians were keenly waiting for his arrival at Cape Town International Airport. He was immediately detained when he arrived at the airport in Cape Town. Reports claimed that the victims of his fraud and their families were standing at the exit gate waiting for Shahied Davids’s arrival. Shift to the next section and read more details.
Shahied Davids is an agent of New Age SA Travel and Tours. A fraud case against Shahied Davids was filed after December 27, 2023, when as many as 36 people including old and young, hailing from Cape Town, were all set to leave South Africa and commence their sacred Umrah journey (Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia) but all the 36 Umrah pilgrims were left stranded at the Cape Town airport as their flights had been canceled by the agent, Shahied Davids. Shift to the next section and read more details.
Now videos and photos of people from Cape Town International Airport are coming up on the internet showing people confronting Shahied Davids during chaos and demanding their money back. Meanwhile, fraud charges have been filed against Shahied Davids. A human rights activist identified as Faizal Sayed said this is not the first time when a travel agent swindled innocent pilgrims. Sayed added, “We need action to protect the rights of our mutamireen. While we see those other lots of criminals stop the South Africans from going into one of the three Harams, Al Aqsa, we have our criminals here stopping our people from going into the Harams of Makkah and Madinah right from here. This is enough now,”