The number of suspected bodaboda operators arrested over assault on a female motorist on Forest road has reached 32.
Police spokesperson Bruno Shioso on Monday evening revealed that 12 Motorcycles have also been seized in swift operations that sought to bring to book those behind the heinous act.
"I had mentioned that 16 riders were arrested but by now, the number has increased to at least 32, with around 12 motorcycles impounded," Shioso said on Citizen TV.
"We have very good leads, you arrest one or two and they lead you to others."
Shioso noted that the arrested suspects will be arraigned on Tuesday.
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A viral video of a woman being sexually assaulted by a group of people believed to be boda boda operators went viral on social media leading to calls for immediate arrest.
Government officers and women groups took to social media calling for action and at the same time expressing their disappointment on the matter.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i said he was “shocked and disgusted” by the video clip.
“We must protect our roads from such vile and reprehensible acts of aggression. I have asked our security agents to ensure all perpetrators of this dastardly act are swiftly apprehended and punished for their heinous act,” he said.
It is alleged that the female motorist allegedly knocked a motorbike rider leading to the ugly incident.
In her statement at Parklands police station, the lady told police that a boda boda rider blocked her car abruptly and she crashed into the motorbike.
The rider fell to the ground and broke a leg.
She stopped a few metres from the scene but was mobbed by a group of riders, some of whom tried to rob her. She got alarmed and drove off.
The riders chased after her for a few kilometres and blocked her car. It is there that she was assaulted.
