27 April 2022 09:09 am
An Ayurvedic doctor was hacked to death by a beggar near a leading supermarket in the Battaramulla area in Thalangama last night, the police said.
The Talangama Police initiated investigation following an alert that a man had died on admission to the Koswatta Hospital when he was found fallen near a supermarket in Battaramulla.
The deceased was a 57 year-old resident of Pothuarawa Road, Malabe.
Investigations revealed that the beggar had stabbed the doctor to death with a sharp weapon following an argument with a beggar who was nearby when the deceased was leaving the supermarket.
Police said the incident was captured in the CCTV in the supermarket and the police suspect the doctor was killed following to an argument as he refused to give money to the beggar.
The suspect fled the scene and the Thalangama Police are on the hunt to apprehend him. (Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)