By CHILA NAMAIKO –
A ONE-YEAR-OLD baby has drowned in the Zambezi River in Kazungula while its mother was having sexual intercourse with her boyfriend nearby.
Beauty Milupe, 20, of Sikazwe Village in Kazungula and her unidentified lover, had left the baby unattended to on the river bank, while the couple was having sex.
Police suspect the boy, Mutafela Kabana, could have crawled into the river while his mother was having sex with her lover a few metres away from the shores of the river.
Southern Province Police Commissioner Mary Chikwanda confirmed the incident, which happened on Monday around 20:00 hours in Kazungula.
Ms Chikwanda said the baby drowned in the river and was only discovered floating on Tuesday morning after some residents went to search for the body.
She said that police arrested Ms Milupe and she is in custody at Kazungula Police Station, while her boyfriend bolted after the incident and is being pursued.
“The two went near the river with a baby and later she (Ms Milupe) decided to put her baby down and started making love with her boyfriend,” Ms Chikwanda said.
She said after the two allegedly failed to trace the baby when they noticed that he had gone missing, they decided to leave.
“The body only surfaced on the water today and it has since been retrieved from the river,” Ms Chikwanda said.
