Ratidzo Munembi
ZAKA – A 26-year-old
man from Mlungisi village under Chief Nhema was arrested last week for
allegedly killing his son in-law over a dispute which he had with his wife, the
now murder accused’s cousin sister.
Silvanos
Mlungisi is said to have fatally assaulted his cousin sister Regina Charamba’s
husband Renias Musasa because he (Musasa) had been engaged in a dispute with
his wife over their grandchildren whom Charamba found to be troublesome.
Masvingo
police provincial spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed
the incident and discouraged people from using violence to settle disputes.
Circumstances
are that on August 25, Charamba visited her cousin brothers Tambai Mlungisi and
Vengai Mlungisi to relate to them the dispute she had had with her husband the
previous night.
She
then went back home and proceeded to the garden to get some vegetables.
Silvanos,
and Tambai together with their other sibling Joseph later followed their cousin
sister to her home to try and settle the dispute, leading to an argument which
degenerated into the assault.
Silvanos
kicked Musasa and bashed his head on the wall before leaving the place.
At
around 19:00hrs, Charamba came back home from the garden to find her husband
lying down in the bedroom, complaining of a severe headache.
Noticing
that her husband had a deep cut on the forehead and his clothes were
blood-stained, Charamba tried to administer first aid but did not report the
case to the police.
On
October 02, Musasa’s condition worsened and he was taken to St Anthony’s Musiso
Mission Hospital where he died the following day.
After
burial, rumours that Musasa was murdered by his in-laws started circulating and
this led to the deceased’s relatives opening a police case.
Silvanos
was arrested and the body was later exhumed for a post-mortem which confirmed
that he had died of injuries sustained during the assult.
