By Our Reporter
BUTALEJA
A 48 year old businessman and resident of Wihara Village, Busaba Sub County, Butaleja District has been murdered and his motorcycle robbed.
According to IP Mugwe Johnson Moses, Acting PRO, Bukedi South-Region, the murder of Mwima David took place on the night of 23rd April, 2024 at Mulanga Village near Magongolo Swamp, which separates Budumba and Busaba Sub-Counties.
The body of the deceased was discovered by a one Mwima Aggrey aged 77 in the early morning of 23rd April when he went to his garden of cassava and maize to weed.
“While in the garden, he realized there was a dead body dumped in his garden located in Mulanga Village near Magongolo Swamp,” says Mugwe.
The old man ran to the area c/person and reported prompting the chairman to notify Budumba and Mulagi Police posts respectively of the incident.
The body was identified by the brother, Isiiko Stephen, who confirmed that the deceased left home at around 7:00PM but they didn’t know where he was going with his motorcycle.
The Case was registered vide SD ref 32/23/04/2024 and the Scene was visited by a team of police officers from Cps Butaleja, Budumba Police staff, Mulagi Police Staff, Soco team and a canine.
The sniffer dog was introduced to the scene but only managed to track from where the body was up to like 50 metres where it stopped.
The body has been taken to Mbale City mortuary pending postmortem. However, the deceased had a deep cut on the head and his motorcycle was missing.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the body was pulled from the main road to the garden of cassava for 30 metres.
“The tracking device of the deceased’s motorcycle was recovered from the scene,” adds Mugwe.
Meanwhile, a pair of sandals, grey and white in colour was recovered from the scene and they do not belong to the deceased.
“Our preliminary findings according to the widow reveal how there is someone yet to be identified through tracking possibly that allegedly called the deceased on his phone that led to his movement but only to be found murdered.” Mugwe reveals.
