AGAGO, UGANDA: Police in Agago district is investigating a suicide incident involving a primary five pupil of Patongo Primary School who hang herself to death after being punished by her teacher.
Grace Adokorach, 16, a resident of Lukula village in Lira Kato Sub County reportedly committed suicide after undergoing repeated beatings by the teacher identified as Patrick Okello, who is also her elder brother.
It’s reported that Okello had sent his now deceased sibling to fetch water at a nearby source last Saturday, but when she delayed, he subjected her to punishment by beating her upon return.
The Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson David Ongom Mudong says that the girl was again beaten on Sunday morning before she was sent to the garden by her brother to uproot cassava tubers and never returned.
Mudong says that the failure to return home prompted concerned residents to mount a search until they found her hanging on a rope.
The police later responded to the distress call and retrieved the body from the scene. A case of suicide was registered at Patongo police station pending investigations.
Mudong says Okello is apparently at large and a pursuit to apprehend him is on to help the police with the investigations into the matter.
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