The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has dropped charges against three police officers who were two months ago, charged alongside city businessman Abid Alam for allegedly conniving to obstruct the course of justice in regard to Kassanda land violence.

The police officers ehose charges have been dropped include; ASP Daniel Robert Ogwellan, 59, a police officer attached to Kassanda Police Station, D/ASP Peter Beitera Muhanuzi, 39, also attached to Kassanda Police Station and D/Sgt. Wilson Azale,46, a police officer attached to Wamala Regional Police Headquarters.

“This is to inform court that the Director of Public Prosecutions has decided to discontinue proceedings against the aforementioned officers charged with conspiracy to defeat court of justice,” The DPP wrote.

The constitution gives the DPP powers to drop criminal charges against accused person(s) without giving a reason at any stage of the trial apart from when the matter is pending judgment.

According to the initial prosecution, it is alleged that the freed three police officers on April 8 this year, between Mityana Regional Police office and Ntinda in Kampala, conived with Abid Alam to stop the the course of justice.

This the State, had alleged that the police officers had committed a crime when they released confidential information in a police file case of reference no. Kassanda CRB 234/2020 to Alam who was a suspect in the said file.

The officers had denied the charges slapped against them.

The three officers were arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit led by Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema following a public outcry in aftermath of the Kasaanda farm attack that left locals tortured with some being gang raped.