'Police accused Dzamara of stock-theft before abducting him' - Tsvangirai

Former Prime Minister and MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai today paid a courtesy call to missing activist and journalist family, Itai Dzamara in Glen View, Harare and urged the family to continue to place their faith in God.

Dzamara's alleged abduction early this month has been wildly condemned by mostly journalists and human rights activists in the country and indications were still that it was not yet known where he is.

Harare High Court judge Justice David Mangota ordered the State to do everything possible and work with Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights in order to establish his whereabouts.

Dzamara has previously been arrested for demonstrating and calling on President Robert Mugabe to step down.

Today, Tsvangirai met Dzamara's brother, his mother, wife and children and told them the party stood in solidarity with them in this sad hour.

Tsvangirai's  spokespersonLuke Tamborinyoka said the MDC leader urged the family to continue to place their faith in God and narrated how he was abducted in almost similar circumstances and spent three weeks without anyone knowing of his whereabouts.

"He only resurfaced at a police station after three weeks of brutal torture and harassment. President Tsvangirai later visited the barbershop where Dzamara was abducted where his barber narrated how two men arrived in a car with a folded number plate.

"He said they stormed the shop, identified themselves as police and accused Dzamara of stock-theft before they handcuffed him and bundled him into their car.

"The MDC leader said it was ironic that the State was saying it was the MDC that abducted Dzamara when in fact, he was arrested by people who identified themselves as police. He said the MDC held the State culpable and responsible for the whole sordid saga," he said in a statement.