Summary:
- According to the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson Elly Maate, the incident occurred on Tuesday as the Victim Daniel Atwine was walking to a bank in Rukungiri town.
RUKUNGIRI: Police in Rukungiri District have launched a manhunt for suspects involved in the kidnapping of a 24-year-old man and the theft of UGX 31,850,000.
The victim, identified as Daniel Atwine, a resident of Kitanda Cell, Nyakaina Parish, Buyanja Sub-county, works at Super Vet Drug Shop in Rukungiri. According to the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson Elly Maate, the incident occurred on Tuesday as Atwine was walking to a bank in Rukungiri town.
He was forcefully grabbed and pushed into a white Toyota Wish, registration number UBH 905Y, by three unidentified individuals. One of the suspects was reportedly dressed in a khaki uniform resembling that of the Uganda Police.
The suspects later abandoned the victim’s Tecno Spark 5 mobile phone in Bushenyi District. Maate stated that the case was registered at Rukungiri Central Police Station. The scene of the crime was visited and documented, witnesses provided statements, and the victim was examined medically.
He said that efforts to trace the suspects are ongoing revealing that the vehicle used in the crime has been blacklisted by the ICT (CCTV) system to aid in the investigation.
Maate urged the public to raise alarms and, where possible, make arrests in cases of such crimes, handing over any culprits to the police.
CUE IN MAATE…..ON THE INCIDENT……RR/ENG//
