Funeral parlour locks up corpse following a row over a debt

A BULAWAYO family was involved in a skirmish with Runyaradzo funeral parlour director Mr Dumisani Mutorera after he allegedly locked up their relative's body following a row over a debt.

According t the Chronicle, Runyaradzo funeral parlour is a newly established funeral services company that has created confusion among clients as it has colours and logos that are similar to renowned funeral company Nyaradzo Group.

The fallout, according to relatives of the dead man, arose after the funeral parlour suddenly increased the fee they had charged by almost 400 percent from $60 to $230.

Relatives of the late Mike Njoroma, who died in a traffic accident near Nkulumane Complex last week, spent the day at the funeral parlour's offices in Kelvin North after Mr Mutorera allegedly locked up the body and left.

They left with the body for their rural home in Shamva at 3AM yesterday after police intervention.

One of Njoroma's relatives, Mr Peter Goredema, said trouble started after the funeral parlour increased charges for their services just before they collected the body.

Mr Goredema added that the parlour officials demanded $230 instead of the initial $60 that had been charged for their services.

Runyaradzo sales manager, Ms Chipo Marara, confirmed the altercation between the parlour and the bereaved family.

She, however, said trouble started when they discovered that the family was travelling to Shamva instead of Harare as earlier mentioned.