The cops who were on duty were assaulted last Thursday
night and detained for 13 hours at Beitbridge Police Station without
charge. According to a letter written by Advocate Jabulani Mzinyathi, the
soldiers who are now in full control of security operations at the border found
Detective Sergeant Albert Nyathi and Constable Kurai Marongere sitting in their
cars parked outside the border post. The two produced their identity cards and
proof that they were on duty starting at 430pm on Thursday to 7am on Friday.
Despite that, the soldiers who were led by a major and a
captain assaulted, disarmed the cops and deflated their car before they took
them to Beitbridge Police Station where an order was given for them to be
detained. The Officer-in-charge obliged and detained the cops until 3pm the
next day but he refused to place them in the cells because the soldiers
allegedly failed to raise a charge against them.
Mzinyathi who is representing the two said their arrest and
subsequent detention was unlawful because there was no charge brought against
them. He demanded a full explanation of the incident and said he was preparing
to sue.Mzinyathi’s letter was copied to the Officer-in-charge CID, Dispol and
DPP.Sources told Two Nations that since the arrival of the soldiers, all Police
officers and members of the Central Intelligence have been pushed out of the
border operations and the post is being exclusively manned by soldiers from
Harare.Recently one of the soldiers was allegedly arrested for robbery and this
according to some sources angered the soldiers.Efforts to get a comment from
national Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi were fruitless.
Masvingo Mirror
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