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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Busia District have come under fire from the residents over the manner in which they carry out operations to enforce the curfew.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, residents from Tiira Town Council held protests over the alleged harassment and torture they have faced from the police.<\/p>\n

They also accused the police of extortion.Police fired live bullets in the air to disperse the protestors.<\/p>\n

Mr Moses Wandera, a resident, said: \u201cEvery night, residents who move past curfew hours are arrested, beaten and have their money taken by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Hassan Omunyu, another resident, said the protests started after police allegedly tortured and arrested one Sadat Mugoya as he returned from watching a football match between Manchester United and West Ham united on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was with Mugoya and we were on our way back from watching a football match when we saw the police patrol team. We ran to our rooms but Mugoya was not lucky as police continued to pursue him to his place, ordered him to open the door and when he refused, they broke it down,\u201d Mr Omunyu narrated.<\/p>\n

Mr Moses Wandera, Mugoya\u2019s neighbour, said he heard police breaking the door and heard shots fired in the air twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I thought it was a robbery, but when I moved out, I saw policemen breaking the door,\u201d he said, adding that after police removed the door, they entered the room, arrested Mugoya and started beating him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard him yelling and crying out for help as he was being beaten and led to Tiira Police Station,\u201d Mr Wandera added.Mr Wandera, said police could have been targeting the Shs7.6m which Mr Mugoya had cashed in after selling gold earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are beginning to think this was a robbery and that police went for Mugoya\u2019s money under the guise of curfew,\u201d Mr Wandera said. Mr Mugoya, a gold miner, whose face was swollen and bruised and could hardly walk, said police used a bicycle wire lock to hit him.<\/p>\n

He wondered why Police would subject him to such treatment.Mr Alex Okello, the Tiira Village chairperson and victim\u2019s landlord, said he had received several complaints about the police\u2019s use of force while implementing curfew directives.<\/p>\n

POLICE REACTS<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Moses Mugwe, the Bukedi Region police spokesperson, denied reports that police had broken down the door of one of the residents in the process of arrest, saying the door was \u2018old\u2019 and \u2018collapsed on it\u2019s own\u2019 during the arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs police, we never broke down the door; these are allegations meant to distract us from our work during the enforcement of the curfew,\u201d he said.He said the residents were throwing stones at the police which forced them to pursue one to his house.<\/p>\n

Mr Mugwe has, however, promised to investigate allegations of extortion and if the complaints were proved right, the officers would be reprimanded.<\/p>\n

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