{"id":59398,"date":"2024-02-25T21:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T21:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2"},"modified":"2024-02-25T21:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T21:50:02","slug":"group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2","title":{"rendered":"Group Village Head arrested for fraud in Ntcheu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Police at Sharpevalley in Ntcheu have arrested Group Village Head Thunga, 27, whose real name is Shadrick Justice for collecting 44 national IDs and K660,000 from beneficiaries of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP).<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the development in an interview, Public Relations Officer for Ntcheu Police Station Jacob Khembo, said on January 1st 2024, the chief collected K660,000 and 44 national identity cards from his subjects, who are beneficiaries of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chief promised to help them access NPK fertilizer at one of the selling points within the district. However, on January 4th, the chief returned the money and identity cards to the owners, saying he had failed to redeem the fertilizer,\u201d said Khembo.<\/p>\n<p>On January 17th, some of the beneficiaries took their cards to Sharpevalley AIP selling point and upon trying to redeem their fertilizer, they were shocked to learn that they had already been redeemed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beneficiaries reported the matter to police, leading to the chief\u2019s arrest. Upon cross-examination, the suspect admitted to have collected the fertilizers for his personal gains,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Khembo further said the suspect appeared in court on Friday, where he is answering the charge of fraud under false pretense. Justice hails from Thunga Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Ganya in Ntcheu district.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Police at Sharpevalley in Ntcheu have arrested Group Village Head Thunga, 27, whose real name is Shadrick Justice for collecting 44 national IDs and K660,000 from beneficiaries of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP). Confirming the development in an interview, Public Relations Officer for Ntcheu Police Station Jacob Khembo, said on January 1st [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-59398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Group Village Head arrested for fraud in Ntcheu - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police at Sharpevalley in Ntcheu have arrested Group Village Head Thunga, 27, whose real name is Shadrick Justice for co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Group Village Head arrested for fraud in Ntcheu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police at Sharpevalley in Ntcheu have arrested Group Village Head Thunga, 27, whose real name is Shadrick Justice for co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-25T21:27:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-25T21:50:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/sm_1708885021.693986.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"396\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Group Village Head arrested for fraud in Ntcheu\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-25T21:27:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-25T21:50:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/sm_1708885021.693986.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/group-village-head-arrested-for-fraud-in-ntcheu-2\",\"name\":\"Group Village Head arrested for fraud in Ntcheu - 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