By Farai D Hove| Contrary to claims by government spokesman, Nick Mangwana, the President Of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union, Obert Masaraure, has a police report concerning his reported abduction.

Masaraure, who last week came out with bloody stripes on his flesh shortly after he was abducted by suspected state agents, was criticised by Mangwana, the latter who claimed he stage managed his abduction.

Said Mangwana, “We have checked with the security services including the police and they do not know anything about that. There is not even a police report that was made.

“We believe that this was stage managed to put Zimbabwe in a very bad light since Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) have launched a formal political dialogue.

“The police did not do it (abduct him). The intelligence did not do it. He inflicted the bruises on himself to give a bad picture of the Government after he had called for a strike that was not successful.

“It does not mean it’s the State that inflicted the bruises on him. The State does not have a monopoly on bruises. They have nothing to do with the State.”

But yesterday, ARTUZ produced a police report number. The organisation said, “The RRB for the abduction and torture of President Obert Masaraure is 3918942. We are discouraged by statements made by gvt officials on this issue, the conduct confirms the involvement of the state…”