Onemus Kemugisha, the officer in charge of crime investigation department at Rukungiri central police, says that one of the officers who was on duty on Christmas evening decided to check on the suspects in the morning and found Bahati dead.
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This picture was taken by Ronald Kabanza during one of crime scene vists in Rukungiri district.
Rukungiri police
have opened a general inquiry file to investigate circumstances surrounding the
death of a suspect in the cells of Ruhinda police post.
The deceased suspect is
Moses Bahati, a resident of Kajunju cell in Ndere parish in Ruhinda
sub-county. Bahati was
picked up on Christmas morning and locked up in the cells of Ruhinda police
post for alleged chicken theft.
Onemus Kemugisha, the officer in charge
of crime investigation department at Rukungiri central police, says that one of
the officers who was on duty on Christmas evening decided to check on the
suspects in the morning and found Bahati dead.
He says Kamugisha’s body was to Rwababengo health center III
mortuary while the two other suspects namely Brain Kato and Balaam Mugisha were
taken to Rukungiri central police to help with police investigations.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region police spokesperson, says police officers, homicide
team, Rukungiri magistrate grade one and the Kigezi regional police surgeon
visited the cells to carry out postmortem
This is the second suspect to die in police cells in
Rukungiri district in a period of two months. Another suspect was found dead in
Kebisioni police cells last month. The case was registered for investigations vide RRI CRB
2306/2020
Kabanza Ronald
Freelancer