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Injured junior police officer victimised, Chihuri orders investigation
20 Feb 2017 at 07:50hrs | Views
An unnamed police officer who was injured while on duty is allegedly being victimised by his Bulawayo boss and transferred to cover up gross irregularities.
According to information from a concerned police officer sent to Bulawayo24.com, the said cop was injured five years ago and was transferred from Bulawayo's Western Commonage Traffic section to Nyamapanda.
He was initially transferred to Lusulu but reversed on medical grounds. That angered a Bulawayo Provincial police commander who later instructed the treasury to cut his salary to fix him.
It is understood that police commissioner Augustine Chihuri is aware of the matter and at one point ordered an investigation.
"About five years ago a police officer who was then based in Bulawayo was seriously injured in a road accident while on duty in uniform" said the concerned police officer.
He added " The police officer was involved in acrimonious disputes with his bosses after the former accused the traffic cops who were investigating the case of being biased towards the accused person".
The injured cop was last year transferred to a station in the rural areas but failed to go since he is nursing serious life threatening injuries, he added.
"The officers new boss ordered treasury to cut his salary and as a result the injured cop is failing to access medication since he has not been on pay roll for the past six months now. How can the police boss do such a thing to an officer who was injured during the tour of duty? he asked.
The concerned police officer told Bulawayo24.com that after being involved in the accident, the traffic cops who investigated the accident were biased towards the accused commuter omnibus driver.
"The junior cop then approached the Bulawayo Provincial police commander for his intervention. The Provincial commander did not take action and as the result the junior police officer approached Chihuri.
Chihuri is said to have dispatched a team from Internal Investigations.
"The team unearthed serious irregularities and accused the Provincial commander of dereliction of duty. This angered the Provincial commander.
"From that time onwards, the Provincial commander was not comfortable to see the junior officer in the province. In 2013 the junior officer was transferred to Lusulu. The transfer was reversed after he approached Chihuri citing medical reasons."
The police officer said what worries him more is that the junior officer was injured while on national duty and therefore it's the duty of the police to look after his welfare.
"How can somebody be declared a deserter when he has been in constant touch with his bosses appraising them of his condition? he asked.
According to information from a concerned police officer sent to Bulawayo24.com, the said cop was injured five years ago and was transferred from Bulawayo's Western Commonage Traffic section to Nyamapanda.
He was initially transferred to Lusulu but reversed on medical grounds. That angered a Bulawayo Provincial police commander who later instructed the treasury to cut his salary to fix him.
It is understood that police commissioner Augustine Chihuri is aware of the matter and at one point ordered an investigation.
"About five years ago a police officer who was then based in Bulawayo was seriously injured in a road accident while on duty in uniform" said the concerned police officer.
He added " The police officer was involved in acrimonious disputes with his bosses after the former accused the traffic cops who were investigating the case of being biased towards the accused person".
The injured cop was last year transferred to a station in the rural areas but failed to go since he is nursing serious life threatening injuries, he added.
"The officers new boss ordered treasury to cut his salary and as a result the injured cop is failing to access medication since he has not been on pay roll for the past six months now. How can the police boss do such a thing to an officer who was injured during the tour of duty? he asked.
The concerned police officer told Bulawayo24.com that after being involved in the accident, the traffic cops who investigated the accident were biased towards the accused commuter omnibus driver.
"The junior cop then approached the Bulawayo Provincial police commander for his intervention. The Provincial commander did not take action and as the result the junior police officer approached Chihuri.
Chihuri is said to have dispatched a team from Internal Investigations.
"The team unearthed serious irregularities and accused the Provincial commander of dereliction of duty. This angered the Provincial commander.
"From that time onwards, the Provincial commander was not comfortable to see the junior officer in the province. In 2013 the junior officer was transferred to Lusulu. The transfer was reversed after he approached Chihuri citing medical reasons."
The police officer said what worries him more is that the junior officer was injured while on national duty and therefore it's the duty of the police to look after his welfare.
"How can somebody be declared a deserter when he has been in constant touch with his bosses appraising them of his condition? he asked.
Source - Byo24News
