Abduction Case Trial Against Sun Pharmaceuticals Directors Postponed to a Later Date
Lusaka — 9th September 2025
The matter in which Sun Pharmaceuticals Directors have sued the Attorney General together with five others, which was scheduled to come up on 15th September 2025 before the Lusaka High Court, has been postponed.
Vinod and Uddit Sadhu have sued Rashid Munali, Malambo (a police officer), Mwila Chintu, Bernard Phiri (a police officer based in Sesheke at the time), and Mweemba (a police officer).
The Sadhus were abducted on 29th September 2022 by persons claiming to be police officers and identified as some UPND members, and were held incommunicado for twenty-four (24) hours.
They were held for many hours at an unknown location, later identified as Plot No. 39, Lufubu Road, Kalundu, Lusaka.
They were threatened, forced to sign documents, and directed to surrender their shareholding in Sun Pharmaceuticals, a company they have owned since 1991.
They later managed to make a phone call for outside help, a matter that alarmed the abductors, and they were forcibly taken to Chelston Police Station.
The abductors continued to demand that the Sadhus sign the documents, which would be the basis for their release.
The matter is before Judge Hon. Mrs. Justice Conceptor Chinyanwa Zulu.