Man tortured by police for fun :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: A man who was tortured and left for dead by police officers said he was patted on the shoulder and told not worry, upon his release on Monday morning. “Don’t worry. We will tell that man not to do that again,’ was what Xolani Ndlovu, 26 was told by a police officer when he sought advice as to what next he should do.

Mmegi met with Ndlovu at Area W clinic where he had gone to seek medical attention following an assault by police officers at Central Police Station. He said the police suspected him of having stolen his friend’s cellphone last Saturday evening at a club in the Central Business District (CBD). Ndlovu said after he was detained a plain-clothes cop brandishing a gun, who he only remembered as Daniel, tortured and threatened to kill him. Ndlovu said the man brutally beat him with a stout iron rod and choked him with it until he passed out.

This publication met Ndlovu at Area W Clinic yesterday where he had gone to seek medical help after the said incident. When the reporters arrived Ndlovu, came out walking with the aid of a homemade cane as he said he could not walk properly. After taking a seat on a bench outside the clinic, Ndlovu began to relate his ordeal.

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