By India Today World Desk: A 39-year-old Indian money lender was shot ineffective by an off-duty police constable in Uganda’s capital metropolis of Kampala with a stolen AK-47 assault rifle over a 2.1 million shillings (Rs 46,000) mortgage.
According to media critiques, 30-year-old Ivan Wabwire opened fire at Uttam Bhandari on May 12. He has been arrested.
The incident was recorded on a CCTV put in throughout the room the place the accused shot ineffective the sufferer. Chilling footage of the incident has been going viral on social media. The video confirmed how Wabwire fired various rounds of bullets at Bhandari from shut fluctuate, data firm PTI reported.
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According to the police, Bhandari was the director of TFS financial suppliers and Wabwire was his shopper.
The two had a misunderstanding over the amount the constable owed to the company. When Wabwire was instructed in regards to the mortgage amount (2.1 million shillings) on May 12, he reportedly started arguing with Bhandari, claiming that the decide was inflated, a media report talked about.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango instructed the Daily Monitor that Wabwire abandoned his AK-47 rifle and fled after capturing Bhandari.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango explains circumstances beneath which Police Constable (PC) Ivan Wabwire shot and killed a money lender at Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala. “He (PC Wabwire) was servicing two loans he acquired since 2020” pic.twitter.com/DcWZuLL0ir
— Independent Forensic Investigation Unit (@ForensicsZA) May 13, 2023
Police have recovered 13 cartridges from the crime scene.
Wabwire has a historic previous of psychological instability and was banned 5 years prior to now from possessing a firearm after being admitted to a hospital twice over the psychological breakdown, police talked about.
Wabwire is now being held at Busia police station in japanese Uganda. According to media critiques, he stole the gun from a fellow policeman and roommate.
Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi, met the Indian neighborhood in Uganda and warranted them of their safety, the knowledge portal, Nile Post reported.