A prostitute was arrested for questioning after an elderly religious leader was found dead in her bedroom, police in Zimbabwe said.

 Masvingo police said that 67-year-old Gifford Mudondo, who was married, was found dead in the home of Maida Chin’anga, who works as a prostitute, on Monday.

Police officers who arrived at the scene, found Mudondo lying in the prostitute's bed with his underwear on the floor.

Family members of the pastor said that Mudondo went to the woman’s home to repair some clothes as she also worked as a tailor.

They denied that the pastor had sex with the prostitute, but they couldn’t explain why he was lying naked on the woman’s bed.

Chin’anga is being detained at the police station, pending the outcome of an autopsy.