Lingadzi police in Lilongwe have arrested a man identified as Amos Kambewa for suspecting him of defiling a 15-year old girl.

According to Assistant Public Relations Officer for Lingadzi police, Constable Maria Kumwenda the victim who was abandoned at area 12 by strangers after traveling from Mchinji to Lilongwe was stranded and did not know where to go and some people who acted as good Samaritans offered her a place to sleep.

Kumwenda said that it was during that midnight when one of them, Amos Kambewa took advantage of her desperation and defiled the girl while threatening to harm her if she dared to shout.

The following morning the girl reported the matter at Lingadzi Police Station and she was issued a referral letter to Kamuzu Central hospital where results revealed that she was indeed defiled.

Meanwhile Police have arrested Kambewa who will soon appear before court to answers charges of defilement which is contrary to section 138 of the Penal Code.

Amos Kambewa is a 60 years-old hails from Chiwamba Village, Traditional Authority Chimutu in Lilongwe