Mulauzi served as a Criminal Investigations Officer in Kasempa.
During the court session, Legal Aid Board lawyer J. Kalimina applied for a preliminary inquiry, a process used to determine whether the case should be committed to the High Court of Zambia for a summary trial.
Presiding magistrate Evans Yikona reserved his ruling on the application, with a decision expected on March 30, 2026.
Meanwhile, three other individuals who were earlier arrested in connection with the case have since been released in Solwezi. One was discharged through a writ of habeas corpus, while the other two were freed after investigators found insufficient evidence linking them to the alleged offence.
Detective Chief Inspector Mulauzi is believed to have been killed between the night of January 6 and the early hours of January 7, 2026.
According to police reports, he had earlier been drinking at a nightclub in Kasempa before his body was discovered the following morning outside his residence. He was found lying in a pool of blood with a deep wound to the chest.
