Police today widened the search for a key suspect in the Ganemulla Sanjeewa murder inside a courtroom, by offering a reward for any information and by releasing more pictures of the suspect.
The move came after attempts to search for the suspect Pinpura Deawage Ishara Sewanndi has been futile for the past five days.
The Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya has decided to offer a cash reward for any information about the suspect leading to her arrest.
The suspect was a key accomplice in the murder as she had posed off as a lawyer and smuggled the weapon into the courtroom to be used by the gunman.
The gunman and seven other suspects are already in custody.
Police called for public support to arrest the suspect who has been a resident of 243/01, Jaya Mawatha, Negombo road, Katuwelegama.
Police say that the gunman who shot and killed alleged organised criminal Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ’’Ganemulla Sanjeewa’’ inside the Hulftsdorp court complex this morning was disguised as a lawyer.
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has called the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to carry out a probe on the leak of an important document sent to CID.
The suspect involved in the shooting incident in the Hulftsdorp Magistrate court complex today morning has been arrested in Palaviya, Police said.
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