Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:11:09 +0000 INTENSE pressure was yesterday brought on the Police Command to cover up the arrest and detention of Finance Bank Zambia Limited owner Rajan Mahtani’s aide Zaheeda Essa. Sources from Police Headquarters said the command was instructed to issue a statement refuting the arrest and detention of Ms. Essa and label the story published by the Daily Nation as false and untrue. When contacted for a comment Police Public Relations Officer Elizabeth Kanjela denied the arrest of Ms. Essa in an attempt to cover up the arrest to people connected to Mr. Mahtani, saying that she was not arrested. But according to records obtained at Kabwata Police Station where she was detained on Thursday afternoon by a police officer from Headquarters only indentified as Mr.Mweetwa, Ms. Essa was facing three charges among them giving false information to a public officer contrary to section 125 of the Penal Code, “False swearing […]
