Businessman who faked abduction remanded

The businessman who was earlier reported missing was remanded till September 13 after being arrested and produced before the Trincomalee Chief Magistrate today. 

The suspect from Bandaragama, who had earlier been reported missing after going to Trincomalee to participate in a gold jewelry auction, was however, located and arrested by police in the early hours of this morning. According to police, he was taken into custody while in a bus in the Haldummulla area at around 1.00am today. 

He was subsequently produced before Trincomalee Chief Magistrate P. Saravanarajah who ordered that he be remanded in custody till September 13. 

Meanwhile, the Magistrate also ordered the release of three persons who had earlier been arrested by police on suspicion over the alleged abduction. These three persons had earlier taken part in the same auction along with the suspect. 

In his statement to the Magistrate, the suspect had confessed that he had faked his own abduction in a bid to escape his various debts. 

Story and Pix by Amadoru Amarajeewa in Trincomalee

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