Man shot dead outside Mahara Courts

23 June 2016 11:20 am

A 35-year-old man was reported to have been shot dead, a short while ago, by unidentified gunmen outside the Mahara Magistrate's Court when he had come there in connection with a drug peddling case.

Police said the victim, a resident of Ratmalana, was accompanied by his wife.

They said the assailants had fled the scene of the crime and no arrests had been made so far.