They took his car and demanded cash, which he failed to provide.
The robbers then called his wife, demanding a ransom of US$400, for them to release the car.
The 36-year-old Jonas Sadiki was with his lover Christabel Masanga, 23, when two armed men approached them and demanded cash.
The two men pounced on the duo on Valentine’s Eve, at around 8 pm, near the Kadoma Paper Mills plant.
The matter was reported on Valentine’s Day at Kadoma Central Police Station under RRB 6277718.
According to a memo, released by the Officer Commanding Police Kadoma District, the businessman lost a white Honda Civic, which was recovered on Valentine’s Day, an Itel, Nokia and Samsung cellphones.
The car was valued at U$3 000
Allegations are that on February 13, at around 8 pm, Jonas left his wife Shuvayi Gora, 28, at Gazmak tuckshop, Rimuka, claiming he was going home.
He picked up his girlfriend at her home and they went to a secluded place near Kadoma Paper Mills.
Jonas and his girlfriend were having sexual intercourse in the car when two men approached them and accused them of having extra-marital affairs in the bush.
The men demanded cash so that they could not divulge the case to the complainant’s wife and the public.
Jonas said he had no cash but it was at his home in Morningside, Kadoma.
He then drove his car to his home, together with the girlfriend, and the two men.
He parked his car at his date and left the car keys in the ignition.
He also left an Itel cellphone, Nokia cellphone and Samsung cellphone inside the car.
One of the accused persons armed himself with a metal object and they entered Jonas’s house and searched for money and did not find any.
They assaulted Jonas with a metal object but he insisted that he did not have the money. The two men then drove his car to an unknown destination.
They then called his wife, Shuvai Gora, on her mobile, demanding a ransom of US$400 so that they could release the car.
She negotiated and they agreed that she should pay US$200.
She was told to board a mushikashika travelling from Kadoma to Chegutu and would be advised where to disembark.
By then, the case had been reported to the police.
A team made up of CID officers from Kadoma and Kadoma Central Police Intelligence boarded a mushikashika disguised as passengers.
The team dropped her at a place where she had been ordered to disembark from the car.
However, the two men spotted the police and ran away.
A chase was made in an effort to arrest the accused persons but it was all in vain.
No arrests were made but the team managed to recover the vehicle, which was parked in the bush
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