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Senior jailor shot dead
View(s):A senior jailor in charge of the training school at Welikada Prison was shot dead near Kuligoda Junction in Ambalangoda last night.
Two men who came in a motorcycle shot at 44-year-old Thilina Ruwan Thihara Jayaratne, a resident of Ambalangoda, when he was returning home in his motorcycle after he reached Ambalangoda by train, Police said.He was returning after duty at the Welikada prison training school where prisoners are given vocational training and taught livelihood skills.
According to Police, Mr Jayarathne was pronounced dead on admission to hospital.
The police said the senior jailor had been recently transferred to Welikada Prison from Galle following his presence at a heroin distribution centre in Meetiyagoda during a police raid.
He was not charged by the police over the matter but he had given a statement to the police and prison authorities.
Ambalangoda police are conducting investigations.