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Law and order, Top News

Malawi’s Chiradzulu man arrested for duping farmers MK7 million

Malawi News Agency (MANA)

By Linda Likomwa

Malawi Police in Chiradzulu on Friday arrested a 25 year old man, Jeromy Kachere for allegedly duping farmers of potato spuds worthy over MK 7 million.

Chiradzulu Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Yohane Tasowana confirmed the development Sunday saying Kachere duped farmers in Mulanje, Thyolo and Chiradzulu while posing as an employee working with ASWAPP from April,2019.

He said Kachere told the unsuspecting farmers that they would get their dues within 27 days after his purported employer has sold the produce.

According to Tasowana, the suspect began playing tactics soon after collecting some potato spuds from farmers around Balakasi Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Ntchema in Chiradzulu.

He added that when the farmers realised that they have been duped, they reported the matter to Magomero Police Unit who later arrested the culprit.

Kachere who hails from Dyamavu Village, TA Ntchema in the district, will appear before court soon to answer charges of obtaining goods by false pretence which contravene section 379 of the penal code.

District News, Top News

Malawi’s Chiladzuru man kills himself over debt

Lloyd M’bwana

By Alick Mhango

A 38 year old man on Wednesday hanged himself in a maize field over unpaid debt.
Chiradzulu Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Yohane Tasowana confirmed the incident on Friday.

“Willard Batani collected debt from a businessman some months ago and the money had been accumulating with interests for not being settled at an agreed time and he promised to pay this month,” said Tasowana.

The police said that on 14 August, the deceased had a quarrel with his wife in which she urged him to pay back the money he owed village bank and the business man.

“After the quarrel and realizing that he had no cash available to settle all the bills, the deceased left his home around 6 O’clock in the evening of Wednesday and did not come back.

“The body was found hanging on a Mango Tree by children who went to catch grasshoppers,” Tasowana said.

According to Tasowana, an officer from Thumbwe Police Unit immediately visited the scene and took the body to Thumbwe Health Centre where postmortem results showed that his death was due to suffocation.

The deceased hailed from Chanje Village, Traditional Authority Kadewere in the district.