By Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo|A police officer last week brutally assaulted a local motorist accusing him of pirating.
Stephen Radzoka got the shock of his life when Constable Bothwell Razerera pounced on him after he dropped off a woman in the city centre. Razerera accused Radzoka of illegally pirating and he forced his way into the latter’s car. The cop began to assault Radzoka with clenched fists and open palms all over his body.
During the assault Radzoka fell down and sustained a deep cut above the left eye. Radzoka received three stitches on the left eye as a result of the assault.
“When I got up the police officer had already fled from the scene because the crowd came to the place baying for the cop’s blood,” reads part of Radzoka’s statement.
When Radzoka arrived at Masvingo Central Police Station he was surprised when he was accused of beating the police officer and was charged with assault since the cop had made a statement ahead of him.
Sources claimed Razerera demanded a bribe from Radzoka and the latter refused,leading to the scuffle. Radzoka’s lawyer Charles Ndlovu of Ndlovu and Hwacha Legal Practitioners has since filed papers opposing the prosecution of his client arguing he is the one who was bashed by the cop.
Masvingo Police Spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula said she was not aware of the incident.
“We have not received anything to that effect,” she said.
The police have been accused of trying to protect one of their own after the barbaric incident. In Zimbabwe the police have crossed paths with the public on several occasions because of the partisan manner in which they execute their duties.
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In Masvingo it appears common.I was a passenger in a Honda Fit going to Nyika and was stopped by a police officer. He told the driver to drive to the police station but then started assaulting the driver and the car left the road. The young man was the one in trouble and the rogue police officer got away with it.
In Masvingo it appears common.I was a passenger in a Honda Fit going to Nyika and was stopped by a police officer. He told the driver to drive to the police station but then started assaulting the driver and the car left the road. The young man was the one in trouble and the rogue police officer got away with it.
Do you have to bash a Motorist when assuming he is pirating read another article in another town where a vendor was manhandled by a council policeman this is just the order of the day lack of courtesy just shows the country is EXPLODING
Do you have to bash a Motorist when assuming he is pirating read another article in another town where a vendor was manhandled by a council policeman this is just the order of the day lack of courtesy just shows the country is EXPLODING
Exactly what Masvingo police officers do. On my way back to SA one time, another driver of an ipsum that was pirating blocked me at Total Filling station. I requested humbly for him to clear the way so I cld refuel. He shouted obscenities to me and when I approached him, I threatened to beat him then the fuel attendendant just asked me to ignore him. I then left him and wanted to get inside my vehicle. The driver, upon seeing a police officer rushed to me and pulled my shirt saying I beat him. The police officer came towards us and another man claiming to be a police man in plain clothes said he witnessed me beating the driver. I was made to pay a fine because the ipsum seemingly belonged to a police officer. That “plain clothes police man” was given an id by another officer to threaten me. He was not a police man after all. If I was not rushing for work, I was going to report maybe in another town
Exactly what Masvingo police officers do. On my way back to SA one time, another driver of an ipsum that was pirating blocked me at Total Filling station. I requested humbly for him to clear the way so I cld refuel. He shouted obscenities to me and when I approached him, I threatened to beat him then the fuel attendendant just asked me to ignore him. I then left him and wanted to get inside my vehicle. The driver, upon seeing a police officer rushed to me and pulled my shirt saying I beat him. The police officer came towards us and another man claiming to be a police man in plain clothes said he witnessed me beating the driver. I was made to pay a fine because the ipsum seemingly belonged to a police officer. That “plain clothes police man” was given an id by another officer to threaten me. He was not a police man after all. If I was not rushing for work, I was going to report maybe in another town