The late Mugabe’s son goes beserk; tears off police officer’s shirt,produces knife at roadblock

By Staff Reporter

LATE former president Robert Mugabe’s son, Bellarmine Chatunga has been arrested for beating up a police officer at a checkpoint in Beitbridge.

The accused person, who is not new to controversy, allegedly armed himself with an Okapi knife before confronting cops manning the roadblock at Bubi, 80 kilometres north of the border town.

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The officer commanding Beitbridge Police District Chief Superintendent Mesuli Ncube confirmed the arrest.

“I have just heard he was arrested but I am not in the office,” Ncube told a local publication.
According to initial reports, Chatunga arrived at the roadblock around 0600hrs being chauffeured by a Chinese driver but grew impatient when police requested for vehicle documents.

“He started shouting at the police saying you are delaying us, do you know who I am? He then angrily and violently grabbed a Support Unit officer by the collar and tore off his shirt buttons in the process,” a source was quoted saying.

Accused person is alleged to have produced a knife but was subdued and arrested by police who dragged him to Beitbridge Rural Police Station.

Chatunga is a controversial character, who was recently named as the mastermind of a massive money laundering syndicate though which he could have gained R10million, just before his father was ousted in a coup in 2017.