That question was thrust into the spotlight at the Madlanga commission on Wednesday as Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) deputy director in KwaZulu-Natal, Len John, laid out a financial trail linked to Hawks officer Col Deena Govender. The identified transactions brought the financial trail to R2,731,912, or roughly R2.7-million but the timing is what makes the money trail suspicious for John. He told the commission that intelligence had been received alleging that Govender and his team were planning to target Loftus. “On 3 February 2023, members of the Task Team returned to the Loftus family homes, but Bevan fled. The allegation has not been proved, and the commission has yet to make findings against Govender or anyone else.