Police in Lusaka have instituted investigations into the death of a 21-year-old third year student at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University who died on August 27, 2023, allegedly at her 27-year-old boyfriend’s house.
It has been alleged that the deceased only identified by the police as Chipo went to visit her boyfriend in Woodlands area at unknown date and time.
According to Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale, On Monday, August 27, 2023, the deceased was taken to the University Teaching Hospitals as a Brought In Dead (BID) by the said boyfriend who reported that she slipped off and hit her head on the floor at the Boarding house.
He says the parents rushed to the Hospital after they were called by one of the nurses and confirmed the death of their daughter but did not meet with the person who took the body to the Hospital.
Mr. Mwale says however, on August 29, 2023, the said boyfriend visited the funeral house where the deceased’s friends from the University rose against him demanding to be told the actual cause of the death of their friend who they believed went to his place.
Mr. Mwale says It was at this time that the parents came to know that the story of slipping off the wet floor at the Boarding house was fake.
The suspect has since been apprehended and handed over to the police.
By Darius Choonya