IN a macabre real life drama fit for a Harry Potter sorcery
script, a Mapembe villager is in the eye of a wizardry storm after his
neighbours ganged up to hold him hostage for days.
The man’s neighbours said they would only release him after
a confession. Dzingirai Heka appeared in court last week on Thursday. He was
seeking a protection order against his three neighbours — Tasiya Mapa, Talkmore
Jera and Levi Chikwanha.
Heka said he went through a harrowing experience at the
hands of the trio that was accusing him of killing their children and using
them for rituals to gain wealth.
The parties appeared before Mutare magistrate, Ms Nyasha
Kuture. The Weekender understands that Heka was rescued by fellow villagers
after his family had raised a red flag over his disappearance.
“When fellow villagers found me, I was bound in chains. The
experience has been haunting me ever since. I went through insufferable and
inhumane treatment.
“They abducted me on June 25 and I was found some days
later. During those days, they were trying to force me to confess to being a
wizard. They think l use charms in my farming business.
“However I could not confess because I am innocent, so they
kept me chained, with no food.
“They tortured me and opened the gates to my fields so that
their cattle could graze my crops,” Heka said as he narrated the ordeal in
court.
He went on to highlight that the three even threatened to
‘deal with him ruthlessly’ if he doesn’t abandon his Mapembe Village homestead.
Heka said the matter is currently being investigated by the
police.
“They are so jealous of me. They do not want to see me
progressing in life. Each time I have a good crop in my fields, they let their
cattle graze it.
“They are also in the habit of insulting me each time we
meet. “They call me names. I do not know why they hate me that much, but I have
never practised wizardry in my life,” he said.
Ms Kuture granted the protection order in Heka’s favour. The
order bars the trio from kidnapping, assaulting, insulting, threatening and
harassing Heka. Manica Post
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