Charles Kachitseko 33, who has been missing after jumping off MV Ilala into lake Malawi while sailing from Likoma to Sengabay via Nkhotakota has been found dead.

Nkhotakota police spokesperson, Paul Malimwe, said postmortem at Nkhotakota District Hospital has revealed that death was due to suffocation secondary to drowning.

Kachitseko, who according to eye witnesses was drunk before the incident, hails from Mwansambo Village, Traditional Authority Mwansambo, Nkhotakota District.

Source: Zodiak Online