Sewwandi hid for three months in Matugama and Middeniya under female bodyguard protection

She escaped to India by dinghy boat with  the help of four accomplices

By Srinath Prasanna Jayasuriya  

Ishara Sewwandi, the suspect accused of disguising herself  as a lawyer and supplying the revolver used in the courtroom  assassination of underworld figure “Ganemulla Sanjeewa”, had spent three  months in hiding in Matugama and Middeniya under the protection of  female bodyguards, before she left for Nepal, police investigations have  revealed.  

According to a senior police officer, Sewwandi, believed to  have links with a notorious underworld gang and an international drug  network, lived in two safe houses in Matugama for about two months. She  later moved to Middeniya, where she remained in hiding for another month  before fleeing further north.  

Police said after leaving Middeniya, Sewwandi travelled in a  rented vehicle to Kilinochchi, where she hid for four days, and then  proceeded to Jaffna, from where she escaped to India by dinghy boat with  the help of four accomplices who ensured her protection.  

During interrogation, Sewwandi claimed she could not  remember the locations of the houses where she stayed and refused to  reveal who had sheltered her.  

The revelations emerged during questioning by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).  

Sewwandi, was arrested in Nepal and brought back to Sri  Lanka two days ago, where she was tracked down with the assistance  of Nepal law enforcement authorities.