Police seek dash cam video to identify Akuregoda double shooting suspects

Colombo, February 14 (Daily Mirror) - The Sri Lanka Police have sought public assistance to identify the suspects involved in the fatal double shooting that took place in Akuregoda yesterday.

Police said that a lawyer and his wifee who were inside a car parked at a supermarket parking lot in the Akuregoda were shot dead by two unidentified individuals who arrived in a car and fled the scene shortly after the incident.

On the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, ten special police teams have been deployed to conduct extensive investigations into the incident.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspects had reportedly travelled through several routes, including Homagama, Pothu Arawa Road, the Athurugiriya Police Division, Kottawa and Ma Kumbura prior to the shooting.

Investigators suspect that the vehicle bearing registration number EP KI-7738 was used by the shooters. Police believe that dash camera footage from vehicles travelling along the aforementioned routes on the evening of February 13 may have captured the movement of the suspect vehicle.

Accordingly, the public is kindly requested to check their vehicle camera recordings and inform the police immediately if any relevant footage is available. Authorities assured that complete confidentiality of any information provided will be strictly maintained.

Information can be reported to:

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Western Province Southern District – 071 8598008

Director, Western Province South Crime Division – 071 8592279