Gangster shot dead

22 September 2010 05:07 am

A prominent underworld gangster known as ‘Dematagoda Kamal’ was shot dead during a scuffle with the police at Hanwella last night, the police said.

They said that the gangster was arrested by the police recently and a police team had taken him to Hanwella area last night to find weapons hidden by the suspect. Then the suspect had tried to hurl a hand grenade at the police, who fired at him in self defence, the police said.