32-year old Dickson Khoviwa has died after getting electrocuted while vandalizing Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) cables at Maselema in Blantyre.

Limbe Police Station spokesperson, Aubrey Singanya, said Khoviwa succumbed to the burn wounds at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.

Singanya adds on Wednesday last week, police took the 32-year-old Khoviwa to the hospital after they found him writhing in pain after the ordeal.

“Police are still hunting for the accomplice of the deceased, a Bangwe Number 1 resident who is only known as Mafo,” says Singanya.

Meanwhile, ESCOM Limited Chief Public Relations Officer, Kitty Chingota, has called on the public to report cases of vandalism to the police or ESCOM office.

Khoviwa, who hailed from Nasawa Village, Traditional Authority Kumtumanji in Zomba District.

Source: Times 360 Malawi