Fear gripper residents of Buyonuya village in Bulange sub-county, Namutumba district when they learnt about the death of four family members who were on Monday night burnt to ashes.
Namutumba District Resident Commissioner, John Bosco Mubito who visited the scene of crime identified the deceased as Mukisa Mugume (25) the father, his wife Annet Namagunga (30), their two children, Edith (7) and Sylvia (5).
According to the Buyobuya village chairperson, Fred Mulondo, the incident happened on Monday night at around 1:00am when all the four family members were burt to ashes following the fire which gutted their house where they were sleeping.
“It’s alleged that the wife has been to different marriages and had family wrangles for long and it’s suspected that one of the man he left has been following her for sometime,” said Mubito.
He said the investigations and efforts to arrest the suspect who is currently on the run have kicked off.
Police picked the remains of the deceased and took them to hospital for a postmortem examination as the investigations into the alleged arson have started.