60 cops swoop on alleged killer
In a massive operation involving more than 60 men, Police last night arrested the trishaw driver who is alleged to have set fire to a private bus in Mahabage at dawn on Friday, killing its conductor.

Senior Superintendent J. Abeysirigunawardene said he deployed more than sixty police officers to track down the suspect who was arrested last night in Kandana.

The SSP said the suspect had confessed that on Thursday night he and the conductor of the bus had an argument after his trishaw collided with the bus which had broken down on the middle of the road due to a brake problem.

After the argument, the suspect had returned with a gang at dawn, poured petrol on to the bus and set fire to it while the conductor was sleeping inside. The Police are looking for the other suspects involved in the arson and the killing that sparked a one-day private bus strike on the Negombo road on Friday.

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