Abduction of Rathgama businessmen: Former OIC arrested

The former Officer In Charge (OIC) attached to the Southern Province Special Criminal Investigation Department had been arrested this evening over the abduction and killing of two businessmen from Rathgama, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

He said the former OIC, Illeperuma Arachchige Saman Rohana (42), was arrested after he arrived at the CID.

The two businessmen, 33-year-old Manjula Asela Kumara and 31-year-old Rasin Chinthaka, were abducted on January 23 by some unidentified men who were clad in what appeared to be police uniform.

The two businessmen from Boossa in Rathgama were later on found killed.

Bone fragments and teeth suspected to be those of the two businessmen were recovered from the Kanumuldeniya-Megdagamgoda forest reserve in Walasmulla.