Police have revealed further details of several serious crimes allegedly linked to a 30-year-old suspect who was deported from Dubai and arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Airport Unit upon arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake today (November 6).
According to Police, the suspect, a resident of Korathota North in Kaduwela, is allegedly linked to the rape of a minor girl in the Athurugiriya police area in 2013, the slashing and murder of a man in Delgoda within the Meegahawatta police area in 2016, and several other incidents reported in 2024. These include the abduction of a person in the Nawagamuwa police area and shooting him dead in the Thunadahena area, causing damage by shooting outside a business establishment in the Nawagamuwa police area, and causing damage to a businessman’s residence with a petrol bomb in Korathota.
He is also accused of making death threats to individuals over telephone calls. Police said court proceedings relating to these incidents are currently ongoing before the Kaduwela and Homagama Magistrates’ Courts. The suspect is being held under a 72-hour detention order, with further investigations being conducted by the Western Province South Divisional Crime Division. (Newswire)
