HARARE – ChillSpot Records co-founder DJ Fantan, real name Arnold Kamudyariwa, was arrested on Tuesday after his wife Gamuchirai Nemukunyu told police he bashed her and locked her in their home.
The popular music producer was detained at Waterfalls Police Station with Police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirming the incident.
“DJ Fantan has been arrested for domestic violence and is in police custody,” said Nyathi.
Nemukunyu was quoted by local tabloid H-Metro saying the Mbare-bred Fantan becomes violent whenever the couple argues.
“I have suffered enough at the hands of this man. He has been assaulting me, abusing me and destroying our property.
“I think it’s high time justice takes its course. I want him to be stopped from abusing me,” said Nemukunyu.
Fantan is accused of preventing his wife of being independent and empowering herself.
“To him I should be a housewife only, responsible for household chores. This is despite the fact that he doesn’t give me money. I’ve suffered emotional and economic abuse. So, when I challenge all this, he becomes violent, abusing me and destroying property,” Fantan’s wife complained.
In a post on his Facebook page, Fantan dismissed the report as malicious and unfounded.
