The Zimbabwe Republic Police says it has instituted investigations on a couple who went for gold panning at Hunyani river with their two-year-old daughter who they allegedly murdered and secretly buried.
In a statement the police said the two were arrested after a domestic dispute where the woman revealed the murder of the child after being subjected to physical abuse.
The victim who was secretly buried on the river bank has since been exhumed.
Child murder numbers are increasing at a worrying rate in Zimbabwe.
