Petauke husband commits suicide following wife’s departure…

A 35-year-old man of Manyane village, Chief Mwanjabanthu’s Chiefdom has committed suicide after his wife left their matrimonial home following a marital dispute. The deceased who was in a semi- decomposed state at the time of the discovery of his body, has been identified as Nsangu Lungu. The incident is believed to have happened between the 16th and 18th February Menyane sub-Centre.

According to Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer Robertson Mweemba, on 10th February, 2026, the wife to the deceased 30-year-old, Ethel Lungu, left her matrimonial home due to marital differences which did not sit well with the now deceased. Mr Mweemba said after Lungu’ wife left, the deceased was heard saying he had no reasons to continue living. On 16th February, 2026 at around 10:00 hours, the deceased is believed to have been seen leaving his house going to a mobile market locally known as mbwandile at Menyane sub center.

He added that since then, Lungu had been missing until 18th February, 2026, when he was discovered dead by some passerby in the bush near Menyane Sub Centre and the matter was reported to the police. ” The scene was visited and besides the decomposed body was a bottle of rattox suspected to be poison,” Mr Mweemba said. The police commissioner, noted that further physical inspection on the body reviewed that the body was intact. ” Relatives have been allowed to bury the body as no foul play was suspected and were further advised to mark the grave in case of exhumation for postmortem examination results,” he said.