10 September 2023 10:15 am
A 27-year-old woman, a UK citizen, who was in Sri Lanka on an invitation from a young man whom she had befriended through Facebook, was found dead after she had fallen from the 13th floor of an apartment at Alwis Avenue in Mount Lavinia yesterday.
Mount Lavinia Police commenced the investigations into the incident to determine whether it was a suicide, an accident or a murder.
She had reportedly arrived in Sri Lanka on the 8th of March to meet her boyfriend, a 29-year-old law student residing in Wellawatte.
Later, the two had been living together in the particular apartment complex. It was revealed that the Sri Lankan man who was studying in Switzerland had also come to Sri Lanka last year.
Initial investigations have revealed that the two had developed a love relationship through Facebook.
Police said the girl was about to return to England early Sunday morning (10).
Police have taken her boyfriend into custody for questioning and he had told the police that there was a minor argument over religion between the two of them on Friday night.
He has also told police that he had consumed several cans of beer on Friday afternoon and gone to sleep and later he had found her body during the search as there had been no response from his girlfriend.
Police said the post-mortem examination will be held today (10) and that the embassy had also been informed.(DSB)