Peliyagoda UC member’s killing: Suspect arrested
23 May 2014 02:41 am
Police today arrested one of the main suspects in the killing of Peliyagoda Urban Council Member Shyamila Jayaratne.
The 27-year-old suspect was arrested while he was in a rented house at Adiambalama in Katunayake. He is said to be a resident of Kadawatha.
Investigations had led to the recovery of a motorcycle, a face-covered helmet, a camouflage trouser and two mobile phones said to have been used in carrying out the killing which the Police believed would have been the result of a personal dispute.
They are on the lookout for three more suspects.
A gunman riding a motorcycle is alleged to have shot dead the UC member while he was travelling in a vehicle on the Old Kandy Road at Dalugama in Kelaniya on May 12.
(Lahiru Pothmulla)