……Chintin and Malawian Edward Wilson were caught stealing burnt bricks
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Two people were on Sunday, April 3, 2022 arrested for invading the Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda’s house in Lilongwe’s Area 47 where they were reportedly caught stealing burnt bricks.
Maravi Post has identified the two as Bhat Chintin, who is an Indian by origin, and another Malawian, Edward Wilson, who works as a casual labourer for Chintin.
Speaking to the publication, a bystander who identified himself as Stanord Mtandaza ,and witnessed the arrest of the two, narrated yesterday that it was around 2 pm last Sunday when he saw Wilson suspiciously peeping through the rare gate of AG’s house.
Later, Wilson was seen collecting bricks in a sack from Chakaka Nyirenda’s yard without any consent.
The bricks lay idle outside the back fence of AG’s house awaiting to be used for some construction works by Chakaka Nyirenda.
Mtandaza said at that particular moment, Wilson was later seen offloading the collected bricks in a black saloon vehicle which was parked nearby and was being driven by Chintin.
His misdeed was quickly curtailed when upon being tipped, AG Nyirenda and his security team arrived on the scene and picked the suspects to Lilongwe Police Station for questioning.
In an interview with Malavi Post, Niyrenda confirmed the incident, describing it as unfortunate.
“Yes, I am aware about this incident and it happened last Sunday. I don’t know really what these two gentlemen were up to at my house apart from stealing my belongings right within my compound.This is my private security issue,” he said.
The AG also confirmed that he did not hesitate but picked the two, aided by his security detail as well as driver, before handing them over to police.
When contacted, Lilongwe Police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu also confirmed about the case but said he was not ready to share more information about the incident.
Chigalu disclosed that the public will provided with the nitty-gritty of the matter and charges leveled against the two invaders at the he was contacted.
“For sure we have such case but more details and its progress will be ready with me this [yesterday’s] afternoon,” said Chigalu.
However, Chigalu had not furnished the publication with the promised details as we went to press.
However, The Maravi Post understand that the duo are out police custody with yet charges to be known.
President Lazarus Chakwera appointed Chakaka Nyirenda as Malawi Chief Legal Advisor on August 27, 2021 replacing Chikosa Silungwe who was fired on July 21 the same year.
Currently, among other high profile court battles, Chakaka Nyirenda is at the helm of challenging claims in excess of MK2 trillion from private firms, contractors and companies emanating from legal compliance anomalies in previous government contracts.
