The Kalutara District Crime Division has arrested a 36‑year‑old Hambantota resident believed to have aided and abetted the fatal shooting of a businessman in the Kalil area of Wettuwakade, Kalutara South, on May 28.
According to the Police, the suspect was taken into custody in Walagedara, within the Welipenna Police Division, last morning (07) and later handed over to the Kalutara South Police.
Investigations revealed that multiple warrants had been issued against the suspect by the Magistrate’s Courts of Matugama, Kalutara, Tissamaharama, Walasmulla, and Morawaka.
Earlier, three suspects and the driver of the vehicle allegedly used in the crime were arrested for assisting and facilitating the murder. They were remanded until June 15 after being produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court.
The alleged gunman was apprehended on June 3 and is currently being interrogated under a seven‑day detention order.
Both the suspected shooter and the suspect arrested yesterday are scheduled to be produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court today (08).
The Kalutara South Police are conducting further investigations. (Newswire)
