A SOUTH Wiltshire man was being hunted by detectives this week in connection with the killing of millionaire businessman Amarjit Chohan.

Ken Regan (54) has been named by the Metropolitan police as one of three suspects in the international murder hunt.

The other named suspects are William Horncy (50), from the Bournemouth area, and Peter Douglas Rees (38), who has links with Dorset and Hampshire.

Regan, also known as Avery, is said to have known Mr Chohan for eight years and had worked since last year as an HGV driver for his London-based Ciba freight firm.

A spokeswoman at the New Scotland Yard press bureau told the Journal that Regan lived in the Salisbury area, but she refused to elaborate.

"We have purely named him and are not releasing further personal details," she said.

Salisbury police said they had not been involved in the investigation and were referring all enquiries to New Scotland Yard.

Mr Chohan (46) disappeared from his home in Hounslow, West London, on February 16, along with his wife Nancy (25), two sons Devinder (19 months) and Ravinder (four months) and mother-in-law Charanjit Kaur (51).

A fortnight ago, the body of Mr Chohan was found floating in the sea at Bournemouth.

Last weekend, a tip-off from Belinda Brewin, best friend of the late TV presenter Paula Yates, led to Devon and Cornwall police digging up a field on her land at Higher Coleford, near Stoodleigh, in Devon. Clothing and jewellery belonging to Mr Chohan were found.

Police believe Mr Chohan met a violent end and was then briefly buried at Stoodleigh before being dumped in the sea.

Ms Brewin and Regan had worked for Mr Chohan's company and Regan had been helping Ms Brewin to dig a drainage ditch on her remote Devon property.

She became suspicious when she heard the Chohans were missing and called police. Regan and Horncy, also known as Smith, fled their homes last Thursday and were seen boarding a cross-channel ferry at Dover.

Peter Rees, named as the third man in the case, is said to be a "close associate" of Regan and Horncy and is believed by detectives to be still in Britain.