In a rather shocking development, a Chitungwiza woman was lured, drugged, and raped by a bogus doctor.
The woman from Chitungwiza was allegedly raped after the doctor lured her to his place of residence under the impression that he had the medication to cure her stomach ailment.
On the day of the incident, the complainant whose name was not supplied to protect her identity is reported to have posted a message on a WhatsApp group seeking help for a stomach ailment.
However, a group member who came across her message connected her to the suspect who lured her to his home.
Upon arrival at the perpetrators residence, the bogus doctor is alleged to have given a tablet and an injection which rendered her unconscious.
She later gained consciousness and found the suspect in the process of raping her, thereby raising alarm.
A report was quickly made to the police leading to the arrest of the suspect and recovery of various fake medicines and injections which include promethazine, rabies vaccine, nicotine, oxytocin, hydrocortisone, citimile, cetriaxim, promethazine metoclopramide, gentermide, aminophylline, and clofibrate.
ZRP Assistant Commissioner, Paul Nyathi warned members of the public against seeking help through WhatsApp groups and visiting self-proclaimed medical practitioners/ prophets at their private homes or labs.
“This is not the first time women have fallen victim to bogus doctors and prophets. Almost on a daily basis women are hoodwinked and they end up getting raped under the false pretense that they are getting healed”, he said.
In 2020 a bogus doctor was arrested at Parirenyatwa for practicing medicine for seven months without any qualifications at all.
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