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A man in Rulindo District on Wednesday dragged her daughter (name withheld) to Murambi Police Station after she reportedly abandoned her seven months baby in the bush.
The suspect, who was staying with her father, allegedly told the latter on Tuesday that she was leaving for Kigali to take the baby to its biological father.
However, the following day, the daughter came back without the baby, which prompted the father to haul her to Murambi Police Station on suspicion that she could have killed the child.
“My daughter had refused to tell me the father of the baby. On Tuesday, she surprised me with news that she was going to Kigali to take the child to its father, only to see her back the following day without the baby,” the suspect’s father said.
“I suspected that she could have done harm to the child, which prompted me to take her to Police myself to try to see if the innocent baby can be saved,” he added.
It is alleged that the suspect, on reaching in Kigali, she abandoned the baby in the wetland in Akarubimbura village, Gatsata sector of Gasabo District.
Police in Gasabo also confirmed that they rescued the baby on Tuesday and took her to Malaika Murinzi orphanage centre branch in Gatsata.
The baby was apparently wrapped in clothes when people who were passing by at about 7:00am and heard it groaning, came to its rescue.
Senior Superintendent Urbain Mwiseneza, the Central region Police Spokesperson, described the act as “merciless and wild.”
SSP Mwiseneza said the baby was first taken to Gihogwe health centre in Gasabo and that she is now healthy.
‘’Babies shouldn’t be victims of the parents’ wrong doings; they have a right to live. It is unspeakable that a mother who should be taking responsibility of raising the child can do such a thing,” said.
SSP Mwiseneza appealed to residents to maintain the culture of sharing information on such law breaking acts to ensure criminals are arrested to face justice.
