{"id":66320,"date":"2024-12-26T23:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T23:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/man-behind-bars-over-malicious-damage-of-a-borehole"},"modified":"2024-12-26T23:34:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T23:34:02","slug":"man-behind-bars-over-malicious-damage-of-a-borehole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/man-behind-bars-over-malicious-damage-of-a-borehole","title":{"rendered":"Man behind bars over malicious damage of a borehole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Mponela, Dowa District, are keeping in custody an a-23-year man identified as Charles John who hails from Chimalizeni village in the area of Senior Chief Chakhaza in Dowa District, for maliciously damaginboreholelele valued at One Million Malawi Kwacha(K1,000 000).<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during the night of 24-25 December 2024 at Mkanthama village.<\/p>\n<p>Mponela Police PRO Macpaston Msadala told Malawi24 that, in December 2024, Adge Care Organization drilled a borehole at Mkanthama Village so that people of the area could access clean water.<\/p>\n<p>On December 24, 2024, around 22:45 hours, Alick John was coming home from beer drinking, and upon reaching the newly constructed borehole, he started pumping water from the borehole to drink.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time John was pumping out water, he maliciously damaged the borehole without any apparent reasons and he was seen by a certain man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter was reported to Mponela Police Station which led to the arrest of the suspect,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>According to Msadala, the scene of the crime was visited the same night by detectives from Mponela Police.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the suspect is in police custody and investigations are still underway to establish the motive behind the damage to the borehole.<\/p>\n<p>He will appear before the court soon to answer the charge levelled against him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Police in Mponela, Dowa District, are keeping in custody an a-23-year man identified as Charles John who hails from Chimalizeni village in the area of Senior Chief Chakhaza in Dowa District, for maliciously damaginboreholelele valued at One Million Malawi Kwacha(K1,000 000). 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