Police in Kampala is holding a Kyambogo University student on suspicion of killing his former teacher , Emmanuel Mugarura.
Robert Asiimwe was arrested after the driver of a car he had hired to reportedly collect garbage, became suspicious of the package that he was directed to take to a dumping site. The driver tipped the police which established that the alleged garbage was a human corpse wrapped in tarpaulin.
An audio circulating on WhatsApp social media platform indicates that Mugarura had travelled with money to buy a car, and decided to stay at Asiimwe’s(who he also referred to as his son since he was paying tuition for him). The young man however hatched a plan with his friends to kill Mugarura and take away the money.
Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango says Asiimwe however, claims his former teacher at St Charles Lwanga School in Bushenyi District visited him two days earlier but suddenly died in his room,leaving him confused.
However, scene of crime officers and first respondents said Mugarura’s body had bruises, an indicator that he could have been a victim of strangulation. Onyango said police are now trying to establish what could have happened before and during Mugarura’s stay at Asiimwe’s home.
