Zambian Police in Vubwi have arrested a 32-year-old man who is said to have inserted a stick in the private parts of his ex-girlfriend.

According to Police, the incident happened last Saturday around 21:00 hours in Vubwi District of Eastern Province in the country.

The victim reported that she was assaulted in her private parts by her former boyfriend Gravazio Sakala of the same village using a stick.

“It is alleged that after the victim advised the former boyfriend to go to his wife, he sneaked into the suspect’s house the following night, got hold of her and inserted a stick in her private parts with the help of an unknown man,” Police spokesperson Esther Mwata Katongo stated in a statement to the media.

Katongo stated further; “The suspect was arrested on a bus on his way to Lusaka and he is detained in police custody.”