Police hunt employee for alleged K5.8million theft at Ali Hajveri Supermarket
Malawi Police Service in Dowa are hunting for a man suspected to have stolen cash and items worth over K5.8 million at Dowa Turn-off Total Filling Station.
Dowa Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Gladson M’bumpha, said the suspect was only identified as Esau Chigwe, allegedly stole the money between the month of March 2020 to July 22 this year.
He said the suspect was aworking as a shop manager when the money and the items were allegedely not acounted for after stocktaking.
It was alleged that the victim, Shahzad Amir, 36, a Malawian of Asian nationality, owns a shop at Dowa Turn-Off Filling Station in the name of Ali Hajveri Supermarket and he employed the suspect as a shop manager.
“It was on July 22, 2020 when the victim went to the shop for a stock taking with other employees and concluded in the evening hours where it was discovered that the suspect failed to account for cash and items worth K5, 852, 963. The suspect resorted to beating the victim and got a chance to escape,” he said.
Following the report, Police rushed to the scene and found the victim stranded.
The matter was reported Police and a medical report was issued to the victim.
Meanwhile, Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect and if arrested, he will answer a charge of theft by servant.
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mmwenye ameneyo ali ndi mapepala???
Aaaaa kkkkkkkkkkkkk anachita bwino,this shit of calling Indians,Malawian of Asian origin must stop,these guys didn’t vote,and they contribute nothing to us,moreover ife sitimakakamila kwai,you can’t find an Asian of Malawi origin in India,this nonsense must stop
akuti malawian of asian nationality……. this is nyusesi indeed. amwenye amenewa amatitola kwambiri
Zamveka ndithu, koma mukudziwa kuti munthu wokubayu akakayamba ntchito kwa m’Malawawi mzathu, akabanso?
You brute haven’t you seen South Africa. One doesn’t have to be black to be South African.
The problem with you Malawians is you are the biggest racists that one can come across.some of the malawian Asians settled in Malawi in the 1930’s . This is well before the lomwes fled the war in northern Mozambique and settled in Malawi.These Asians have more right to be in Malawi than some of the tribes whose ancestors came from northern Mozambique.If you are saying that one has to be black to be Malawian then all the African Americans are not Americans because the country belongs to the whites. This is the reason why malawi is way behind other African… Read more »