Nhlanhla Khumalo appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani
Sibanda facing charges of touting for passengers and assault.
He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to 30
December 2022.
Allegations against Khumalo are that on 23 November 2022
and at around 12.50pm, Marvelous Ndlovu and his colleagues were on duty
patrolling in the city centre in civilian attire when they approached 6th
Avenue and saw Khumalo touting for passengers.
The police officers reportedly disguised themselves as
potential passengers and boarded the Honda Fit that was going to Matopo.
When they got into the car, they identified themselves and
told Khumalo that he was under arrest.
They then ordered him to go with them to Bulawayo Central
Police Station.
Khumalo reportedly defied the instruction when he drove his
vehicle in a different direction and told the police officers that he was going
to a mine in Matopo where he was going to teach them a lesson.
When he got to a robot-controlled intersection at 4th
Avenue and Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street, Ndlovu tried to arrest him but he
became violent.
Khumalo, the court heard, violently grabbed Ndlovu’s hand
and allegedly bit him once.
The other police officers managed to arrest him. B Metro
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