Police have arrested 12 people who are suspected to be members of the gang that recently targeted an Indian, robbing him of shs5 million in an incident caught on Police CCTV cameras in Kampala.
In the incident that happened last month, Jiwan Lal, an accountant working with Rigil Agrotech Company in Kololo who was travelling on a boda boda was attacked by 14 men travelling on seven other motorbikes before pouncing on him along Mawanda road in Kampala at around midday.
The incident capture on police CCTV cameras has sent shockwaves to members of the public.
However, according to Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, they managed to retrieve footage from CCTV cameras that enabled them arrest 12 people who are members of the gang.
“We got 12 suspects and three motorcycles. The suspects have helped us reconstruct and document the scene. They have provided us useful information of how they would plant colleagues at boda boda stages who would join them while going for their robbery missions,”Enanga said.
In the July 25 incident, the 14 men travelling on seven motorcycles surrounded the motorbike on which the Indian was travelling before dragging him off and taking off with his bag containing shs5 million.
