Mekeniya Zulu, who was stationed at Shaibila Clinic claimed her own life by hanging herself within the premises of the health facility on Thursday after allegedly failing to accept the loss of the money she had borrowed.
On Christmas eve, she borrowed K22,000 from a mobile many agent on the pretext of investing in an online business promising to pay the money on the same day in the evening.
However, it is suspected that sister Zulu used the K22,000 and her December salary on betting with the hope of multiplying the money but lost her wager.
In a statement, Central Province Police Commanding officer Charity Munganga said according to the deceased’s sister, she complained of owing some people money which she had placed on various bets.
“Around 20:00 hours [on Thursday], the deceased went to sleep leaving her niece. Bertha Nakaonga, 19, watching TV in the sitting room,” Ms Munganga said in a statement, “When the niece woke up around 05:00 hours, she did not see her aunt in the house. She concluded that she had gone for work. However, around 09:00 hours, Ms Nakaonga was shocked to discover that Ms. Zulu had hanged herself. Ms Nakaonga alerted her work-mate, who contacted other relatives,”
Ms. Munganga said police found the body and did not notice any physical injuries.