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Activists sue Chombo, Chihuri for unlawful detention
16 Sep 2016 at 08:42hrs | Views
Former MDC-T youth leader, Solomon Madzore, and MDC-T activist, Zwelibanzi Dube, have taken senior government officials to court demanding $189 400 compensation for unlawful arrest, detention and prosecution over the death of Police Inspector Petros Mutedza, in Glen View, Harare, five years ago.
In papers filed at the High Court on August 16, the opposition activists claimed their arrest and prosecution was illegal.
They cited Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo, Police Commissioner- General Augustine Chihuri and Prosecutor-General Ray Goba as respondents.
Madzore and Dube are demanding $117 200 and $72 200, respectively, for unlawful arrest, detention, malicious prosecution, pain and suffering, contumelia and special damages for loss of income occasioned by the conduct of police officers working on Chombo, Chihuri and Goba's orders.
Source - newsday
