Police in Mitooma district are holding three people who are said to have set fire onto a vehicle belonging to Alex Ahimbisibwe a business man in Kashenshero Trading Center.

Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi Region Police Spokesperson confirmed this incident that happened yesterday (July 13th) at night.

Tumusiime has identified the suspects as Tayebwa Spencer,35, a resident of Muronzi I village in Bwambala Sub County in Rukungiri District, Mugisha James, 14, a pupil of Omuburama Primary School and a resident of Omuburama Village in Bikurungu Sub County in Rukungiri District and Nuwamanya Ananias, 20, a resident of the same address.

It is alleged that the complainant (Ahimbisibwe) received a phone call from a one Kamasanyu the manager of Smiles View bar and lodges informing him that his Vehicle reg no. UBG 170V Tipper Elf was burning, he immediately rushed to the scene where he found people using Extinguishing fire to put off the fire.

Ahimbisibwe identified Tayebwa Spencer and two others vacating the scene prompting him to report to police who traced and arrested them from the lodge of a one Kabarangira .

The shirt of Mugisha (suspect) with suspected petrol smell was recovered and a matchbox from Tayebwa Spencer was also recovered. It was established that this is the second car of the complainant that was burnt as last month, his vehicle reg no. UAN 335X Tipper was also burnt. Investigations are ongoing as the suspects are still being held by Police.

Tumusiime said that it was established that Tayebwa Spencer (Suspect) is a witness in an ongoing court case of Doing Grievous Harm between the complainant and Masazi Geoffrey of Rukungiri district.