Shamiso Nziramasangas case comes as the High Court sits to decide the case of another police torture suit that will see
four cabinet ministers answering allegations of abduction and forced disappearance of Mapfumo Garutsa in 2008. Rights groups say the shocking details of torture and impunity accompanying such cases provide a compelling case for the coalition government to undertake security sector reforms as dictated by the Inter-Party Political Agreement.
Nziramasanga claims in court papers that a policeman only identified as Constable Bako based at Mt Hampden Police Station repeatedly assaulted her, including on the womb, to induce her to confess to theft last year. She says she was four months pregnant when Bako assaulted her and forced her to admit to stealing metal poles.
The policeman carried out the beating despite her warning that this could affect her pregnancy. Nziramasanga says a doctor
has stated that she cannot bear children anymore as a result of the assault. Bako is mentioned as the third defendant after Chihuri and the co-Home Affairs ministers Kembo Mohadi and Theresa Makone. She is also suing Shonhiwa Mungate, who operates Katosvora Farm.
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