US $100 000 and R250 000 reportedly went missing in the estate of Plumtree businessman Ondrej Gombar who succumbed to cancer early last year, The Chronicle reports.
According to the publication, at the deathbed of Gombar who originated from South Africa, who was into borehole drilling, $100 000 and R250 000 was recovered and it was recorded in inventory that was filed with the Master of High Court.
Gombar who had no family and was buried by his workers and friends and the community had properties in Harare and Plumtree and his lawyer Mr. Bhekithemba Mlauzi registered the estate but the money mysteriously went mission which prompted Mlauzi to launch an investigation into the whereabouts of the cash.
Drill Deep, Gombar’s Borehole Drilling Company has accused Mlauzi’s Law Firm of benefiting from the cash according to the publication,
The community, wrote the company last year, suspecting that people who first entered the house had taken the money and “your Mr Mlauzi with help of Roman Catholic Community chairperson” had removed the money and registered it as part of Gombar’s estate.
However, the Lawfirm which employs Mlauzi counter accused Drill Deep employees and said they suspected Gombar died of poisoning in a letter they wrote to ZRP:
After burial and in defiance of the law, he (director) took all records, documents, property and monies left by the deceased into his custody without due process. This is in violation of the Administration of Estates Act and is a criminal offence,
We call upon the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s CID Homicide to act with speed and cause the exhumation of the deceased and subsequent examination of his body. This obviously calls upon the confiscation of all assets and stopping of all activities.
Law Society of Zimbabwe said they are investigating the allegations leveled against Mr. Mlauzi even though there is no formal complaint against him.
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