A SUPERVISOR at Yeovil Cemetery in Mutare has resigned
following the recent unearthing of a shocking scandal at the burial ground in
which several bereaved families were allegedly duped thousands of dollars by
unscrupulous council workers who sold them graves at exorbitant rates.
Town Clerk Mr Joshua Maligwa said Ananias Chikateka
tendered his resignation in the wake of the probe.
“He has resigned from work. We are not going to stop our
investigations because we want to get to the bottom of this rot,” he said.
Officially, the main Yeovil Cemetery is considered fully
occupied but mourners with fat pockets were being asked to fork out up to $3
000 to have their departed one’s laid to rest at the exquisite graveyard.
After greasing the palms of undertakers and administrators,
graves were dug out in carefully left out portions of the yard and the burials
were done clandestinely.
To hide the vice, another grave is selected and paid for to
council outside the main cemetery at very low rates which will be
simultaneously filled up at the same time the actual burial will be taking
place in the prime grave yard.
In council records, the deceased is said to be buried
outside the main cemetery. The grave that was filled up with no corpse will be dug up
again and sold to another family and the money pocketed once again. Manica Post
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