Lucky Tshikhwama from Mohodi ga Manthantha village, outside Dendron in Molemole local municipality, died inside a Mogwadi police station holding cell a day after he was arrested at his home by two cops. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate in Limpopo has arrested two police sergeants, who are set to appear in court today in connection with the death.
Lucky’s younger sister, Rudzani Tshikhwama, 35, said two police officers arrested her brother at home on June 5 after accusing him of stealing a cellphone from a local shebeen. “Two police officers came to our home at 10am and asked my mother where my brother was. My mother told them that he was in the house and called him, and that’s when they left with him,” said Tshikhwama. She said the next day the family learnt from“We were devastated because Lucky left very healthy and didn’t show any signs of illness. The postmortem results came and showed that my brother died from internal bleeding,” she said.