Police in Arua district have in their custody a 22- year old woman who gave birth to a baby boy and allegedly dumped it in the neighbor’s pit latrine.
The suspect identified as Janet Drateru is a resident of Yivu-East village, Vurra Sub county in Arua district. It’ is alleged that the accused mother who was picked by police on yesterday delivered on Monday after she induced the labor which resulted into a premature birth and later dumped the baby in the neighbor’s pit latrine.
The West Nile region police spokesperson Josephine Angucia who said the matter was being investigated by police, added the baby was removed alive from the pit latrine by the Fire Brigade Rescue team and rushed to Arua Regional Referral Hospital for treatment. END
