The gunman responsible for the murder of a former Assistant Superintendent of Prisons arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport while trying to flee the country has been detained for a seven day period for questioning.
Balapitiya Acting Magistrate Sanjaya Kodithuwakku granted permission to the Police to detain him and question him over the killing of the ex-prison officer on March 13, 2025 at Akmeemana.
The suspect is reported to be involved in at least 11 other murders.
The 29 year old suspect was trying to flee the country to Thailand using a forged passport when he was detected by the Criminal Investigations Department at the Airport.
Police team investigating the murder of the ex-prison official had gathered a photograph of the suspected gunman and handed it over to the Crime Record Division who in turn had handed it over to the CID at the Airport enabling them to arrest him.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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