A Chitungwiza man allegedly committed suicide at the
weekend by hanging himself at church premises.
The incident took place at St Mary’s Anglican Parish in
Chitungwiza on Sunday. When H-Metro visited the place, the body of the deceased
who was identified as Nation Pfunhani, a caretaker at the church, was still at
the scene with police taking statements.
The police could, however, not immediately confirm the
cause of the death although, H-Metro gathered that it was a result of domestic
dispute that has been going on for some time.
Harare Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tarirai
Dube confirmed the incident but was yet to get finer details.
“They are yet to establish the real cause of the death,”
said Insp Dube as they continue with their investigations.
Sister to the wife Netsai Rugoyi gave a different version. “The late Pfunhani was married to my sister
Patricia Rugoyi for four years and together they had a three year-old son.
“From what my sister told me and from what I saw, I dont
think there was something happening. I am equally shocked with what just
happened.”
The sister continued: “This morning (Sunday) bamunini
escorted us to where we work with his wife and everything was going on so well.
“We work at Chikwanha kwatinotengesa tengesa. He then left
us at corner Mhuriimwe School and he came back. All this time we were even
talking nicely.
“We then came back I think it was around 11am and when we
got here we saw some church members who were looking for BaZviko (The late
Pfunhani). They wanted the keys since he was the caretaker.
“I then left her while she started to look for the keys,
she told me she looked for the keys where they usually left them and couldn’t
find them,” she said.
“Moments later she went to the house and tried to open the
door. Paazama kuvhura door aona kuti ranga rakaiswa chihuri nemukati.
“So she called another member who was there to help her,
upon breaking the door she saw her husband hanging on the roof.
“That’s when I was later called naAmai mufundisi.
“But when she called me ndatoti ahh kwakanaka here ikoko,
nekuti handiwanzotaura navo. I arrived here zvikanzi nematambudziko, Baba Zviko
vashaya. Kutaura chokwadi ndashaya kana kuti ndoita sei, nokuti chokwadi munhu
watamboona here.”
The sister added: “To say the truth I don’t think there
have been something going on. They have been doing good unless my sister has
been hiding somethings from me.”
H-Metro understands that Pfunhani have been working at the Anglican
Church since 2011.
At the scene, the
wife was not at there and only a few Phunhani family members and those from the
church were there.
The wife and the sister were later called to come back. Asked
why they had left, the sister said she had gone to give her some food since
they stay very near to the church.
“I had gone to give her some food. But when we came back we
were told we were not supposed to leave the house to which we admitted we were
wrong because we actually didn’t know.”
The police at the scene tried to look for a suicide note
but couldn’t find any. And it is also alleged that there was also no oral word
from the deceased.
The incident is said to have happened around 10 am but when
H-Metro left the place around 5pm the body was yet to be removed. It is also alleged that the deceased had no funeral policy.
H-Metro sought a
comment from the deceased family but the one who was said to be his
father said he had nothing to say.
“I can’t help you, as you can see we have just arrived we don’t know what happened,” he
said.
Some of the mourners who spoke to H-Metro described
Pfunhani as a quiet person who was always jovial. They were equally shocked to
learn of his death since they had saw him in the morning.
“Ahh ini ndashamisika. Nation ndatomuona makuseni
tikatoseka tese. Handina kutombofungira kuti pane zvaari kuda kuzoita. He was a
happy person,” said one of the mourners.
H Metro
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