Police in Saltpond in the Central Region have commenced investigations into the circumstances leading to the unexplained death of a twelve-year-old boy in the care of his grandmother.

The deceased prior to his death is said to have been severally maltreated by his grandmother identified as Agnes Otoo who secretly buried him at an abandoned cemetery with assistance from a young man in the area.

The fifty-year-old grandmother and her accomplice have since been arrested by the police to help in the investigation into their role in the young boy’s death and alleged hindrance of inquest.