The Police in Rukiga District have arrested a man for allegedly illegally exhuming the remains of his late mother.
Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman Nelson Tumushime has confirmed the incident and identified the suspect as 30 year old Tweyongere Tofiri, a resident of Rutooma village in Nyakagabagaba Parish in Rwamucucu Sub-county.
The deceased was Late Medius Allen Tumushabe who passed away in 2011 and was buried at her ancestral home in Rutoma village, Nyakagabagaba in Parish Rwamucucu Sub-county in Rukiga District.
Tumushime said that it is alleged that the suspect went to the grave of his late mother yesterday and without any lawful authority, court order, or consent from family members and local authorities, exhumed her remains.
It is reported that he was arrested by the community members in possession of a human skull for unknown reasons causing shock and fear among family members and residents.
Tumushime told journalists today that the suspect is currently detained at Rukiga District Centeral Police Station on charges of criminal trespass, exhuming a body and disturbing the peace of the dead, contrary to the Penal Code Act and will be arraigned in courts of law as soon as investigations are complete.
Elsewhere in Rukungiri, the Police have opened investigations into an incident of murder by mob action, where one suspect was beaten to death for allegedly stealing Matooke.
The deceased has been identified as Bruce alias Kasitik, a resident of Kinyasano Ward, western Division, Rukungiri Municipality in Rukungiri District.
Tumushime said that the incident took place at Kinyasano Ward in Rukungiri Municipality, where the deceased was found by residents in a banana plantation stealing a bunch of Matooke belonging to a one resident only identified as Kaino and the angry residents mobilized, arrested him and instead of handing him over to Police, they beat him to death using sticks.
Tumushe said that the Police was notified and a team responded immediately, the victim was transported to Rwakabengo Health Center II where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Police have strongly condemned the act of mob justice and appeal to the public to always arrest and hand over suspects to Police or local leaders, instead applying mob justice and any one found participating in mob justice will be arrested and charged with murder.
