2 cops in soup for abuse of office

TWO members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police based in Kwekwe appeared in court last Friday charged with abuse of office after they allegedly handcuffed an imbiber and detained him in police cells over a personal clash.

Trust Dube (32) and Joel Chatikobo (31), both members of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), were granted $100 bail each and remanded to August 6 on allegations of assaulting and unlawfully detaining a fellow imbiber, Chrispen Sirika, on July 18 following a personal misunderstanding.

The State alleges that the two police officers abused their positions as State security agents when Chatikobo pulled out his service pistol and threatened to shoot Sirika.

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