Police have arrested a 30-year-old suspect in connection with the shooting deaths of a restaurant owner and his wife in Kalutara last month.
The couple were shot and killed inside their restaurant in the Gallassa area, within the Kalutara South Police Division, on October 9, 2026.
According to Police, officers from the Kalutara Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau arrested the suspect on Friday evening (13) for allegedly aiding and abetting the murders.
The suspect, a resident of Kalutara South, was subsequently handed over to the Kalutara South Police Station.
Police said further investigations into the double murder are ongoing. (Newswire)
