Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Kwabeng
TWO employees of Xtra Gold, a gold mining company operating at Kwabeng in the Eastern Region, have been arrested for severely assaulting one Alhaji Mustapha, a local businessman, last Sunday.
The suspects, Emmanuel Kandanumba and Dick Keli Agbenku, both aged 34, have been placed in police custody at Kwabeng pending further investigations and prosecution.
According to the victim, at about 10 a.m. that fateful day, he was on the way to his farm at Kwabeng and on the outskirts of the town, he realised that workers of Xtra Gold had piled up sand almost in the middle of the road so he parked his private vehicle off the road to give way to oncoming vehicles.
He said he then questioned the workers why they should heap the sand on the road to make it almost impossible for vehicles to pass and also destroy the road.
Alhaji Mustapha Boateng stated that his question infuriated the workers, and suddenly, Agbenku hit him on the head with a stick, which sent him to the ground after which Kandanumba and many others he could not identify, joined the two to beat him up mercilessly.
He said he was rescued by onlookers after which he lodged a complaint with the Kwabeng police for the arrest of the two suspects.
A medical report confirmed the assault.
When contacted, the Kwabeng police did not give further details but only said the suspects were in their custody while investigations were going on after which they would be arraigned.
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