Police in Zvishavane confirmed an incident in which a Zvishavane taxi driver protested to being clamped by the municipal police by drinking a pesticide known as Dimethoate at the home of the municipal cop who clamped him. The incident happened in Maglas suburb of Zvishavane.
The Chronicle reports that Tasaranago Chinyoka (41) was frustrated by the municipal police’s move to clamp his taxi and he bought the pesticide and proceeded to the Municipal Supervisor’s house where he consumed the poison in protest.
Narrating the ordeal, acting police spokesperson for Midlands Ethel Mukwende said:
Police in Zvishavane are investigating a case of sudden death in which one Tasaranago Vengai Chinyoka who accused a council official, Mr Mufandaedza Mbizvo, of clamping his car and reporting him to the police was said to have later visited Mr Mbizvo’s house.
While at Mr Mbizvo’s house, Chinyoka, who was holding a bottle of Dimethate 40 percent pesticide, threatened to kill himself. Chinyoka sprinkled the pesticide on food he had found at Mr Mbizvo’s house and consumed it.
Mr Mbizvo called an ambulance which took Chinyoka to the hospital where he died on admission. Police attended the scene and found Mr Mbizvo’s house still smelling of the pesticide. A post-mortem obtained was also consistent with sudden death due to poisoning.
Witnesses who saw the incident before it went south said the issue started with Chinyoka protesting against his taxi being clamped:
He took a clamp which one of the municipal officers wanted to use and threw it away. The clamp was picked up by someone who was part of a group that had gathered at the scene.
The municipal police officers who were being supervised by Mr Mbizvo brought another clamp and locked Chinyoka’s taxi before they went to the police station to report him for the missing clamp.
The police charged Chinyoka for the missing clamp and I think this was where the frustration came from. He decided to visit Mr Mbizvo’s house where he committed suicide by consuming poison
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