Indian national Anand-Mandivar fined K700, 000 for calling Malawian “a dog”
Mzuzu Senior Resident Magistrate Court has ordered an Indian national Anand-Mandivar to compensate Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Northern region chairperson Happy Mhango with K700, 000.00 for calling him “a dog.”
Giving his ruling earlier today, Chief Resident Magistrate Godfrey Nyirenda gave a three months suspended sentence to Mandivar, but opted for fine as Mandivar is a first offender.
Mandivar was arrested on Tuesday by Mzuzu Police.
The incident happened at Kentam Mall in Mzuzu where the two were seeking services from a mobile phone operator.
According to Mzuzu Police, Mandivar did not want to join the queue but to bypass everyone who was there, a behaviour that prompted the rights activist to intervene by asking the Indian national to respect others.
In retaliation, Mandivar hulled insults at the innocent Malawian.
I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University.
I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college.
Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor.
I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).
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