Married cop dumped by girlfriend hangs self

A MARRIED police officer stationed in Masvingo allegedly hanged himself after his girlfriend ditched him.

On Wednesday night, the officer, identified only as Constable Marapira, allegedly sent a WhatsApp message to his girlfriend Miss Clarice Sagiya, directing her where to find his body.

Sources close to Cst Marapira, who was stationed at Masvingo Rural Police Station, said he funded Miss Sagiya's education. She is a final year trainee teacher at Morgenster Teacher's College.

"The misunderstanding followed Clarice's decision to dump him on claims that she couldn't be with a police officer anymore as he wouldn't afford her upkeep," said a police officer who preferred anonymity.

The officer responded by killing himself a few metres off the Mvuma-Gweru Road on Wednesday night.

A source said Cst Marapira sent the suicide message at 21:59PM to Miss Sagiya's Econet line and the message read:

"Vanhu vasanetseke kutsvaga body yangu. Mukasvika paMvuma vanotena ne Gweru road less than a kilometre pane mota pa side pe road chisango to the left (don't bother yourselves looking for my body. When you get to Mvuma, turn towards Gweru. Less than a kilometre away, there is a car by the road side to the left.)

About 12 minutes later at 22:11PM, he sent a second message which read:

"Ndafira Clarice Sagiya (I died because of Clarice Sagiya)."

Miss Sagiya allegedly took a phone with the messages to a police station, leading to the location of the body.

A source said: "Marapira impregnated Clarice and after that he paid lobola for her. Furthermore he took her to school and was paying her tuition fees."

The source said Cst Marapira's family suspects that he was killed.

Masvingo Province police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula said she was away from the station and had not yet received the report.