Businessman murdered at his home in Nkhotakota is  ‘Charo ncha Yehova’

Malawi Police has said a  49 year-old businessman in Nkhotakota District was on Saturday night murdered at his home.

Police identified the  businessman as ,Isaac Banda, who was popularly known as ‘Charo ncha Yehova’.

He  also worked as an accountant at Salima District Education office.

Nkhotakota Police Public Relations Officer Sub Inspector Williams Kaponda,  explained that two gunmen went to  the deceased’s house during the night and they found his son together with a friend preparing supper but at that time the businessman was not home.

Kaponda said the criminaks introduced  themselves as “soldiers from Salima”.

He said: “ One of them accused the deceased of being in love with his wife hence they had come to solve the issue amicably.”

Later,  Banda arrived at the house from Kalimanjira Trading Centre where he went to visit his maize mill and the  thugs forced the deceased’s son and his friend into a bedroom and tied them with a rope after threatening the two with a small gun.

“The thugs then dragged Banda into his bedroom where he was making unusual noise,” said Kaponda.

At that moment, Banda’s son shouted for assistance and when people came they found the deceased lying dead on the bed with both hands tied and face covered with a green bathing towel whilst the neck was tied with wire.

The killers had run away.

The deceased’s body was then taken to Nkhotakota District Hospital where postmortem revealed that the he died due to strangulation.

Isaac Banda hailed from Malasa village, Traditional Authority Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota.