Officers at Sembabule police station are searching for unknown people who beat to death one person identified as 24-year-old Semwogere Anus.
It is alleged that at around 2000/c on Sunday evening, the OC station one Asp Hiduja received information that some people were beating a thief.
The OC dispatched a team but upon arrival at the scene, they only found the body of the deceased.
The police heard that the deceased stole a motorcycle Bajaj boxer from the playground in the district. However, when the owner realized that his motorcycle was missing, he informed others and Tugende company which had loaned him the ride and they started tracking it.
The owner together with other Boda Boda riders followed the thief and caught the thief just after Kidadala trading centre where they beat him to death.
The officers picked the body and conveyed it to Sembabule health centre IV for Postmortem.
According to Muhammad Nsubuga the Masaka regional police spokesperson, the deceased was given Bail on 10th March for similar charges of stealing a motorcycle.