A 46 year old civil servant under the Department of Works and Supply in Chipata has been arrested for faking the death of her Auntie.
And police in Chipata are investigating a similar case in which the same suspect was attempting to fake the death of her husband, a soldier of Gonda Barracks who is serving in Central African Republic for peacekeeping mission.
Eastern Province Police Commissioner Luckson Sakala says Petronella Chongwe, a Registry Clerk and a wife to a soldier, is facing three counts, obtaining money by false pretenses, Forgery and Uttering false documents.
Mr. Sakala revealed that between 18th and 21st November 2019, the suspect tendered in her documents, death and burial certificates, to Madison Insurance on the pretext that her auntie had died when in fact not.
He says Madison Insurance processed the payment of 10,000 Kwacha for the suspect’s Auntie’s death.
Mr. Sakala explains that the suspect got the money before the death of her Auntie, Feneladi Njobvu aged 86.
He says the suspect’s Auntie later died in December 2019.
The Police Commissioner further says the insurance company realized that the suspect faked the death of her auntie when she presented another claim of her husband who is still alive.
Mr. Sakala says the suspect is appearing in court today for three counts involving her auntie’s death, while the other matter involving her husband is still under investigations.
Poverty poverty poverty
Crime does not pay. This has nothing to do with poverty because the offenders are well enough to afford life insurance and have jobs. Stop using poverty as an excuse because under pf there is no such thing as poverty. Kz
So the guy who said he did a research and out of every 10 thieves 6 are bembas, is this person from Chipata a bemba. One out of one in Chipata caught. But anyway this is a small fish. There are big vimulamba somewhere
KZ OMISSIONS
“This has nothing to do with poverty because the offenders are well enough to afford life insurance and have jobs”‘
… BUT GET PEANUTS.