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Eight people including two guest-house owners have been arrested this morning in connection with the killing of the Anuradapura nightclub owner, Police said.
Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said 15 other suspected gangsters who have been identified as being among those who had stormed the nightclub are also to be arrested in this connection.
He said the preliminary police investigations points towards a personnel dispute that might have led to the dastardly crime.
Police recovered a three-wheeler, several wooden clubs and other weapons in connection with the killing.
ASP Gunasekara said the suspects were being questioned and would be produced in the Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court soon.
The 57-year-old nightclub owner Wasantha Soyza is also known to be a karate champion was hacked to death and three others were injured by a group of 20 masked gangsters in Anuradhapura on Saturday night.(DS)
My father was fallen in a pool of blood-Son
Wasantha Soysa’s son Heesara made a fervent appeal to the President and the Police Chief to apprehend the ruthless killers of his father who had 11 Guinness world records under his belt.
“I received a call from the hotel around 11.40 in the night asking me to come there immediately as there was some trouble there. When I rushed to the hotel I found that everything had been destroyed and shattered while my father was fallen in a pool of blood, with heavy injuries to his head. I lifted him and rushed him to hospital in a vehicle, but he was pronounced dead upon admission. The finger prints of the gangsters and all the footage have been recorded in the CCTV cameras. Therefore I appeal to the President and the law enforcement authorities to mete out justice to us by apprehending the culprits who killed my father,” he said.
Very strong punishments need to be meted. This country should not see men making a living from thuggery, gang business, pimping and sycophancy.
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Matipahana Monday, 26 October 2015 03:14 PM
..and they are released on bail.
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Ajja Monday, 26 October 2015 03:26 PM
Day by day things are getting worse ....the way it goes the country will be a criminals paradise in 2020.
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Bala Monday, 26 October 2015 04:07 PM
Well done Police. We know you can do a good job if free from political meddling - there may be a few bad eggs but everywhere there are a few. It was pre Jan 2015 when Police had to await orders whether to proceed or not in case of a crime.
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Asoka Monday, 26 October 2015 06:05 PM
very true...but running a night club in a sacred place also not a good thing...this not to justify what happened.
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OMG Monday, 26 October 2015 06:44 PM
@asoka, so killing him justified? So If i dont like u can I kill u in the name of sacred place? then why we have ministry and police?
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MF Monday, 26 October 2015 06:45 PM
@ ashoka, what kind of mental sickness u people have in the name of religion?
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Cobra Monday, 26 October 2015 08:03 PM
If found guilty put them too to the sword!
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Peter Monday, 26 October 2015 08:27 PM
Things are happening in real SRI LANKAN style.
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Dee Tuesday, 27 October 2015 12:40 PM
Army guys from these areas think they are It! Now that they are helpless they resort to violence.
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