A Business Student at Umutara Polytechnic in Nyagatare is being held by Police for dumping her own baby in a latrine. The baby had just been born hours earlier , Police has reported.
Chantal Kabanyana was arrested on Monday. She is said to have given birth to a baby boy on Monday at around 3:00 PM and dumped it in a pit latrine.
Kabanyana has been pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Umutara Polytechnic University.
According to Police source in Nyagatare, residents close to the suspect’s home heard a strange screaming. Later they traced the noise to a pit latrine where they immidiately retrieved the baby.
Police arrived to intervene at the crime scene after getting notified by a resident in the area. Police rushed both the suspect and the baby to Nyagatare Hospital for medical attention.
However, the baby died six hours later. The medical report revealed that it had problems with in the respiratory places as maggots were found in its throat and nose.
Kabanyana Confessed to the crime but claimed she never intended to terminate the life of her baby. “I went to the toilet to ease myself as usual but did not intend to lose my child,” she narrated.
Police spokesperson Superintendent Theos Badege condemned the crime as unacceptable and unbelievable.
If found guilty, Kabanyana will be sentenced between one to three years behind bars and pay a fine between Frw 50,000 to Frw 200,000 according to the new Rwandan penal code.
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