Poly student breaks leg in scuffle over ID

Crime
A SECURITY guard manning the Bulawayo Polytechnic College’s entrance gate has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly attacked and broke a student’s leg accusing him of entering the campus without displaying his student identity card.

A SECURITY guard manning the Bulawayo Polytechnic College’s entrance gate has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly attacked and broke a student’s leg accusing him of entering the campus without displaying his student identity card. BY SILAS NKALA

Douglas Tanyanyiwa (28) of Rio Tinto Hostels in Matshobana, Bulawayo, denied the assault charge yesterday when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Charity Maphosa.

Prosecutor Kudakwashe Jaravaza told the court that on February 26 this year at 8am the complainant, Onias Chiketa (20), who is currently studying drafting and designing, entered the campus through a gate manned by Tanyanyiwa.

He allegedly told the guard that he did not have the ID card and was let in. But Tanyanyiwa later pursued him and assaulted him with booted feet, accusing him of forcing his way into the college campus without producing an ID as required.

In the process, Chiketa fell on the ground and fractured his right thigh.

Chiketa was rushed to United Bulawayo Hospitals where he received treatment before the matter was reported to police, leading to Tanyanyiwa’s arrest.

In his defence Tanyanyiwa said: “I do not agree with the allegations levelled against me.

On the respective day I was doing my routine duties at the small gate. I was checking for IDs.”

He said when Chiketa failed to produce his ID, he ordered him to use the main entrance, but the latter allegedly forced his way in and started running away.

“So I ran after him for some metres. He fell on the tarmac,” Tanyanyiwa said.

The magistrate remanded the matter to April 30 for judgment.