Police SI commits suicide at Mahiyangana

By Prasad Rukamal   

A Sub Inspector from the Mahiyangana Police has committed suicide by shooting himself with a T56 rifle.   

The victim SI A.M.Upasena Attanayake (57) was a resident of Hasalaka and a father of two children.   

He had obtained a T56 rifle from the armoury under the pretext of leaving for a raid and shot himself lying on a bed inside the quarters.   

Although the circumstances that led to the suicide were yet to be established the police said the SI had been suffering from a chronic ailment since long. Mahiyangana police are conducting further investigations on the instructions of DIG Sujith Wedamulla   
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