Own Correspondent|A money changer based at Chicken Inn in Masvingo claims that he was today robbed of over R15 000 at gun point by 2 armed robbers.

The dealer known as Mzansi amongst the legal money chargers in the town told ZimEye.com correspondents that he received a call from an unknown number and was told to bring 15600 Rands to a house in Rhodene close to Masvingo General Hospital.

Mzansi allegedly borrowed the 15600 Rands from his business partners at Chicken and hired a taxi to take him to Rhodene. Around 12 noon he arrived at the gate of the house and to his surprise he was not allowed into the yard. They came to meet him outside.

“I offered them a beer and they accepted, one of them dropped the beer as if by mistake then pulled out a gun on me” said Mzansi as tears dropped from his eyes.

“They told me the game has started and asked me to sit in the boot of the taxi that I had hired together with the taxi driver, they drove the car for about 100m before asking us to get out of the car. One of the robbers wanted to shoot my hand so that I become powerless that is when they started beating me heartlessly.

“They took the 15600 Rands my phone and that of my driver and the Toyota Fun Cargo we had. Before chasing us into the Bush one of the robbers pointed the gun at me before shoving the barrel of the pistol into my mouth”

Police in Masvingo could not be reached for comment.

Mzansi was not keen on giving his real name as he feared going to prison for forex dealing. The offense now attracts a jail term of up to 10 years and President Emmerson Mnangagwa has allowed citizen’s arrest.

The ordeal is the second in as months after a Bulawayo money charger claimed that she was robbed of over US$90 000 belonging to singer Sandra Ndebele.

The tale later turned out to be untrue as the woman confessed to trying to loot the money from the musician by framing the robbery.