Controversial social and political commentator Frank Gashumba and his brother Innocent Kasumba alias Mutabazi Simon have been released from the Police Special Investigations Unit in Kireka, reports say.
Before being paraded before media on Monday evening, the two were vigorously questioned about their link with fraudsters who impersonated Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs officials in attempt to defraud some foreigners.
Army spokesman Brig Richard Karemire said: “The public should be concerned with serious people, not the impersonator Gashumba”.
Gashumba, a critic of President Museveni, has faced arrests several times. In February 2011, he was arrested for alleged conspiracy to defraud Dfcu bank.
In the same year, he was again accused of impersonating the defence permanent secretary and trying to defraud EYG Group, a Turkish company dealing in fire tenders, of $28 million.
Rwanda spy, Kaweesi murder allegations
The arrest of Mr Gashumba comes after President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to CMI to carry out parallel investigations into the murder of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Felix Kaweesi.
Last week, CMI arrested and arraigned nine people including seven police officers and charged them before the General Court Martial for kidnap and espionage.
However, unconfirmed reports say Mr Gashumba had been picked as part of a wider network of individuals who are spying for the government of Rwanda.
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