The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Kundasale Police Training School has been arrested by the Nuwara Eliya Police in connection with the suspicious death of a physiotherapist in Teldeniya.
Police said the arrest was made on charges of aiding and abetting the main suspect and his wife to hide.
Extensive investigations are already underway into this death, and the police stated that this officer has been arrested based on a confession made by the suspect.
The OIC of the Kundasale Police Training School is reported to have served as the former OIC of the Menikhinna Police Station.
Meanwhile, the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate’s Court has granted permission to detain and question the main suspect, his wife, and another suspect for 48 hours.
On June 17, the body of the physiotherapist was discovered inside a car near the Teldeniya Hospital. (Newswire)