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Senior government official commits suicide
22 Sep 2014 at 08:22hrs | Views
A SENIOR officer in the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in Chinhoyi committed suicide by plunging headfirst from a second floor after allegedly stealing from his employer.
Calvin Kadzviti, 48, of Chikonohono in Chinhoyi and employed as an assistant provincial education administrator, left a suicide note in his office stating that he had stolen from his employer without giving details.
Said Kadzviti in the suicide note: "Ndinonyara kusvika papi, 2004 mukadzi kurwara nemwana vanhu vakataura, 2014 nhasi uno kuba, zvandinyanyira." (How will I face the public, in 2004 my wife and child fell sick and people were talking, 2014 I steal, it's too much for me) Mashonaland West acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ian Kohwera said that investigations were in progress.
"We're investigating a case of suspected suicide involving a Ministry of Education official whom we suspect jumped out of his office and died."
Kadzviti was found dead in a drain canal by a guard on patrol at around 9.30PM last Wednesday.
A report was made to the police who found a chair near the window of his office in the Seven Heroes Building.
Police officers also found a note on his desk which stated that his wife and son fell ill and some residents started talking about the illness and that he had also stolen from his employer.
Sources at the office complex said Kadzviti's wife and son suffered mental illness sometime in 2004.
He also allegedly engaged in scandalous sexual acts around Chinhoyi.
Asst Insp Kohwera called on people not to resort to suicide saying every situation could be addressed through the help of relatives, friends, counsellors and the police.
"People should not be overwhelmed with a situation so that suicide becomes an option to consider. Punishments come and go and life goes on. Taking one's life is not an option," he said.
Calvin Kadzviti, 48, of Chikonohono in Chinhoyi and employed as an assistant provincial education administrator, left a suicide note in his office stating that he had stolen from his employer without giving details.
Said Kadzviti in the suicide note: "Ndinonyara kusvika papi, 2004 mukadzi kurwara nemwana vanhu vakataura, 2014 nhasi uno kuba, zvandinyanyira." (How will I face the public, in 2004 my wife and child fell sick and people were talking, 2014 I steal, it's too much for me) Mashonaland West acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ian Kohwera said that investigations were in progress.
"We're investigating a case of suspected suicide involving a Ministry of Education official whom we suspect jumped out of his office and died."
Kadzviti was found dead in a drain canal by a guard on patrol at around 9.30PM last Wednesday.
A report was made to the police who found a chair near the window of his office in the Seven Heroes Building.
Police officers also found a note on his desk which stated that his wife and son fell ill and some residents started talking about the illness and that he had also stolen from his employer.
Sources at the office complex said Kadzviti's wife and son suffered mental illness sometime in 2004.
He also allegedly engaged in scandalous sexual acts around Chinhoyi.
Asst Insp Kohwera called on people not to resort to suicide saying every situation could be addressed through the help of relatives, friends, counsellors and the police.
"People should not be overwhelmed with a situation so that suicide becomes an option to consider. Punishments come and go and life goes on. Taking one's life is not an option," he said.
Source - chronicle
