Police in Mulanje are keeping in Custody a female Sunday School instructor for allegedly enticing a 14-year-old girl to be in a sexual relationship with a 21-year-old man.
Mulanje Police spokesperson Gresham Ngwira has confirmed the development to FaceofMalawi.
It is alleged that the man, Robert Kanyada, who has also been arrested, later defiled and impregnated the girl.
According to Ngwira, the victim told the police that she went to church for Sunday School in December 2021 where Modester Beleson enticed her into the relationship.
It is reported that the girl’s mother learnt last month that her daughter was pregnant.
She mentioned Kanyada as being responsible for her condition.
He was arrested yesterday and he is expected to be charged with defilement while Beleson will be charged with an offence in relation to aiding defilement.
Kanyada hails from Kanyizira Village while Beleson, 34, hails from Mulima Village, both in Senior Chief Mabuka in the border district.
