Indian businessman shot useless in Uganda: Report | World News

A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot useless allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro city of Uganda, in keeping with a media report.

The deceased was recognized as Kuntaj Patel.

Police constable Elioda Gumizamu, 21, from the Area Pressure Unit (FFU) has been charged with homicide after he was apprehended and handed over to the police on October 27 whereas he was making an attempt to flee the scene of the crime on the primary road, The Every day Monitor newspaper reported.

The accused policeman together with different individuals, who're but to be tracked, walked into an Indian store dealing in hardware and shot the Indian businessman within the chest at round 2pm on Thursday, Elly Maate, the regional police spokesperson, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

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The policeman was intercepted and arrested. He’s presently detained at Kisoro police station for interrogation to determine the motive.

"The sufferer was taken to St Francis hospital in Mutolere in Kisoro District in important situation," Maate mentioned.

Hours later, Patel succumbed to the gunshot wound, police mentioned.

One of many eyewitnesses, Gilbert Mwiseneza, an informal employee at Kuntaj’s store mentioned he and his boss had been attending to a shopper when the armed officer walked in and aimed the gun at his boss earlier than firing a bullet that hit him within the chest.

"After the capturing, he (policeman) tried to run away however he was intercepted by individuals who gave a chase,” Mwiseneza mentioned.

The Kisoro Resident District Commissioner Shaffique Sekandi condemned PC Gumizamu’s motion saying he had been within the Pressure for 4 years.

The incident got here after two Indians had been reportedly killed in Kenya months after they had been kidnapped.

It's learnt that the Kenyan authorities has not mentioned something formally on the report.

Indian Excessive Commissioner to Kenya, Namgya Khampa, met Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto and requested him for expediting the investigation into the matter, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned in New Delhi.