HARARE businessman Irfan Muhammad was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Elijah Makomo on charges of stealing $198 000 from his father-in-law’s company bank account.
by PAIDAMOYO MUZULU
Makomo remanded Muhammad (44) to February 25 on $1 000 bail coupled with stringent reporting conditions.
Muhammad is being represented by Patrick Nyeperayi.
It is the State’s case that Muhammad, on August 16, 2012, withdrew $198 000 from the Zimbabwe Moulders (Pvt) Limited account with Stanbic Bank and converted the money to his own use.
According to State papers, Muhammad was a signatory to the bank account in question.
The papers also allege that Muhammad is a son-in-law of Muhammad Iqbal, the majority shareholder of Zimbabwe Moulders (Pvt) Limited.
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“The company’s banking signing arrangement is that any one signatory can sign to withdraw money,” the State papers read.
The company’s money is said to have come from 2 250 tonnes of steel exports valued at $1,2 million to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, magistrate Tendai Rusinahama yesterday acquitted principal immigration officer Nyatwa Bunya of criminal abuse of office charges at the close of the State’s case, saying the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case.
Bunya had been alleged to have asked for $5 000 from a Nigerian immigrant, Charles Chibuike Ofoma, in exchange for facilitating the production of a residence permit.
Bunya’s lawyer, Dumisani Mtombeni, successfully applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case, arguing the State had failed to prove its case and relied on the complainant for its case without any corroborative evidence.
“The court finds the evidence of the complainant very unreliable for reasons already stated. He is an illegal immigrant waiting to be deported and has sneaked into the country several times,” Rusinahama ruled.
