Police in Kitagwenda District have arrested Amarakutunga Levi, a musician and male councillor representing persons with disabilities, for allegedly murdering a four-year-old child from Nyaruhanda Village in what is suspected to be a ritual sacrifice.
According to police, the child went missing on March 16, 2025, after being sent to a neighbor’s house. The body was discovered the following morning in a bush.
Police investigations, aided by the canine unit, led officers to the suspect’s home.
“The police investigation involved the K-9 unit, which tracked a scent leading to Levi’s home, approximately 300 meters from the crime scene,” the police statement read.
Further searches yielded more evidence, including a bloodstained panga and other suspicious items.
“A suspected panga with bloodstains was also recovered about 200 meters from the body. Further search at the suspect’s home yielded incriminating evidence, including a bucket filled with water containing clothes and blood stains on the wall of one of the rooms,” police noted.
