Police have announced that they have arrested three people, including the man caught on CCTV camera driving the car belonging to social worker Maria Nagirinya who was kidnapped and killed alongside her driver Ronald Kitayimbwa about 10 days ago.
Nagirinya and Kitayimbwa were kidnapped by men in Lungujja, Rubaga Division in Kampala City on the night of August 28. The suspects later abandoned their victim’s car and dumped their bodies in Mukono District.
Addressing a press conference this morning, Fred Enanga, the police spokesman said that three prime suspects that orchestrated the kidnap were picked Sunday night by a joint team of investigators comprising of the Police’s Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and the Internal Security Organisation (ISO).
Last week, Police released closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage that shows a man behind the steering wheel in Nagirinya’s car.
According to Enanga, the man is among those been arrested and is being interrogated together with other suspects.
Earlier, three suspects had been arrested in connection with the double kidnap and murder.
The three suspects include a bodaboda rider believed to have transported the kidnappers to Nagirinya’s home in Lungujja. Police have not disclosed the identities of the suspects.
