MDC Member of Parliament for Masvingo West, Hon. Tachiona Mharadza has been detained by police in Masvingo on trumped up charges of waving a gun and disrupting a ZANU PF meeting at ward 14 Zano in Masvingo North. Hon Mharadza was today picked up at his home in Masvingo at around 3pm and is still detained by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Masvingo.

According to the police, Hon Mharadza disrupted a ZANU PF meeting after waving a gun towards the gathering. Masvingo provincial chairman, Wilsatff Sitemere has however denied the charges against Hon. Mharadza.

According to Stemere, there was an MDC meeting held at Zano yesterday when ZANU PF youths converged at the meeting making noise and claiming that the gathering was a ZANU PF gathering leading to a scuffle between them and MDC youths.

ZANU PF youths however were quick to report on the case leading to the arrest of Hon. Mharadza who was nowhere near the district.

(Source: via email)