A police commander in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, has been got rid of from her put up following debatable feedback wherein she related an alleged gang rape sufferer to intercourse paintings.

Previous this date a video showing to turn a tender lady being assaulted through 5 males went viral within the East African nation, prompting an outcry some of the family.

On Sunday, the police commander within the capital, Dodoma, used to be quoted in a Tanzanian newspaper as announcing the “woman in question appeared to be engaged in sex work”.

Following a backlash and accusations that the remark minimised the girl’s ordeal, Tanzania’s nationwide police pressure apologised and mentioned the commander have been transferred.

“The police force would like to apologise to everyone who was touched and offended by the statement circulating in the media while monitoring is being done to find its accuracy,” nationwide police spokesperson David Misime mentioned on Monday.

Mr Msime added that during her feedback to native newspaper Mwananchi, Dodoma Regional Commander Theopista Mallya had mentioned that even though the girl used to be a intercourse assistant, “she did not deserve to be treated that way”.

Those phrases didn’t seem in Mwananchi’s record.

Within the video showing to turn the girl being raped, the suspects reportedly interrogate her, forcing her to apologise to any individual known as “afande”.

In Tanzania “afande” is steadily worn to the following a soldier or police officer, such a lot of activists and social media customers expressed outrage {that a} sexual attack may have been performed at the orders of a member of the safety forces.

“The investigation revealed that the youths were not acting on orders from any officers; they were merely under the influence of alcohol and drugs,” Ms Mallya instructed Mwananchi.

“However the woman in question appeared to be engaged in sex work,” she mentioned.

Following the family backlash over Ms Mallya’s feedback, Tanzania’s nationwide police mentioned she have been transferred to the police headquarters, despite the fact that it’s not cloudless whether or not that is transient or everlasting.