BITEREKO – Two women are in police custody for allegedly murdering a 48 year old man.
The deceased is Birungi Banabus 48 years a teacher at Mugongo Primary School in Bugongo parish, Bitereko Sub County in Mitooma district. His body was found hanging in the middle of a latrine that is 10 meters away from his house.
Basing on the condition of the body and surrounding there is suspicion of drugs or chemicals that might have been administered to him and taken to where he was recovered hanging.
The suspects are Owensi Jackline 43 years wife to the deceased and Kobukwensi Dinah 40 years sister in-law to the deceased a resident of Kanyabwanga also in Mitooma district.
Its alleged that on 5th June 2024 the deceased left home to school for teaching but did not reach and its further alleged that the deceased and his wife had some domestic issues.
On Thursday 6th June 2024 in the morning, Owensi (suspect) called residents that Birungi (deceased) had commited suicide but on arrival and looking at the body the locals disputed suicide. On realising that the community could turn against her, Owensi reported the matter to police.
Police immediately swung into action by visiting the scene, recording statements from some witnesses, conducting postmortem (autopsy),getting some body samples for toxicological analysis and arresting the suspects. Exhibits of a rope and clothes were recovered from the scene.
The Greater Bushenyi Police Spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime confirmed this incident to our correspondent stressing that inquiries are still at hand vide CRB 341/2024.
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