Man Jose Kayima
Police in Lyantonde District have arrested LC1 chairperson for burning a 14-year-old boy who allegedly stole a car engine.
The suspect as Ashraf Ddamulira, 31, the LCI chairperson of Kooki C, Lyantonde Town Council in Lyantonde District.
According to Isaac Mwesigye, 14, he was at his workplace on Sunday when his friend only identified as Pastor asked him to escort him to his garage and promised that he would give him a gift if they went together
“I told him I was busy, but he insisted and told me I should help him and escort him. He told me he would buy me anything I want, I asked for shoes and he agreed. We went but I did not know his intentions. We later returned to my garage where I work at around 5pm,” he narrates.
On Monday, Mwesigye says Pastor with a group of men found him at the garage and asked him where he had put his engine.
“They started beating me demanding an engine which I never took. They later took me to the village chairperson who brought paraffin, folded my legs into his and started burning me,” he said as quoted by Daily Monitor
