BUSHENYI – Police in Bushenyi district are investigating circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a 33 year old KIU western campus student.
The deceased is Otieno Ochola a kenyan national who was found dead in his room at Cell D, Ishaka in Bushenyi district on Saturday 11th May 2024. The deceased has been on his masters programme in Medicine at KIU.
Its alleged that the deceased was last seen on 9th May at his hostel where he has been staying but later disappeared and neighbours started getting bad smell coming from his room with flies moving around which forced them to report the matter to Ishaka Police Station on 11th May 2024 at around 9:56 am.
Police visited the scene, documented it and the glass of the entrance door to the room was broken and door opened from inside, the body of the deceased was found lying in prone position well dressed not covered with beddings and in a decomposing state.
Different Kinds of medicines like pethidine hydrochloride injections, clonazepam and syringes were found placed on table near his bed. The body of the deceased was conveyed to KIU Teaching Hospital mortuary for postmortem.
The Greater Bushenyi Police Spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime confirmed this incident to reporters stressing that police inquiries into the matter are still at hand.
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