A 25-year-old wildlife officer was shot and killed by poachers during a raid conducted inside the Galoya National Park last night (22).
Police said the incident occurred when a team of officers from the Department of Wildlife Conservation's Inginiyagala office were conducting a raid inside the park. They had been fired upon by a group of poachers, resulting in the death of the officer.
Four poachers have been taken into custody along with a 12-bore shotgun suspected to have been used in the shooting. Dambagalla police are investigating.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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