The Athurugiriya Police have recovered 50 rounds of live ammunition used for T-56 firearms and a sharp weapon based on information retrieved from a detained suspect. 

The 25-year-old suspect had been arrested for the possession of 11.1 grams of ICE on 12 April. 

After interrogating the suspect under a detention order, the Police were able to recover the live ammunition.

The Athurugiriya Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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An individual who had taken on rent luxury SUVs, for nearly Rs. 500 million, and sold them to other persons has been taken into Police custody, it was reported.

According to the Athurugiriya Police, the man was arrested with 30 vehicles that had been sold in such a manner. 

Police investigations reveal that the man had approached rental services and had rented luxury vehicles providing documents for a fake company and sold the vehicles for a lesser price than the current market rate to others. 

The arrested individual is a resident of the Galvarusawa area in Athurugiriya and is reported to have parked the luxury vehicles in a house in the area.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the man had sold a vehicle worth Rs. 25 million for Rs. 20 million and had defrauded individuals claiming that the vehicle ownership documents would be handed over in a few days after the sale. (Newswire/ Image- File pic)

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Police investigations have found that the recent shooting in Athurugiriya in which two people, including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera alias ‘Club Wasantha’, were killed had been orchestrated by organized criminals overseas and carried out by individuals in Sri Lanka. 

The Police state seven suspects, including the owner of the tattoo studio in which the shooting occurred, have been arrested in connection to the shooting.

The suspects are two who had brought the car used for the shooting from Ambalangoda to Athurugiriya, one suspect who had kept the car in an area near his house before the shooting, and one suspect who had kept a van that was used to help the shooters escape. 

They have been identified as residents of Ahungalla, Balapitiya, Ganemulla, Ambalangoa, and Beliatta aged 24, 27, 28, 31, and 37 years old.

The Western Province South Crimes Division apprehended the suspects yesterday on charges of having aided the shooting.

The investigating officers have also seized the car and van used with fake number plates to carry out the shooting, and the mobile phone of the owner of the tattoo studio.

Two people were killed and four others, including a female singer, were injured in the shooting that was carried out at a tattoo studio in Athurugiriya on Monday. (Newswire)

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Seven persons, including the owner of the tattoo studio in Athurugiriya, have been taken into Police custody over the shooting incident reported in the area yesterday, in which two persons were killed.

Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa told Newswire that the suspects have been taken into custody for interrogations and that statements are being recorded from them.

He further said that several Police teams are continuing their investigations into the shooting incident. 

When inquired on reports of money being deposited into the account of the owner of the tattoo studio in Athurugiriya, DIG Thalduwa said the money had been deposited from overseas.

He further said that investigations have revealed that the money had been provided to assist the owner of the tattoo studio in purchasing necessary equipment. 

The Police Spokesman added that the gunmen involved in the shooting are yet to be identified and arrested. 

Businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera alias ‘Club Wasantha’ and another person were killed when two gunmen opened fire inside the tattoo studio in Athurugiriya.

Four others, including a female singer and Club Wasantha’s wife, were injured in the shooting.

Police investigations revealed that the gunmen had arrived in a car and opened fire at the victims using two T56 firearms and had thereafter, fled the area using the car.

The vehicle was found abandoned in Kaduwela, while a van used to transport the suspects was found in Bulathsinhala, Kalutara by the Police. (Newswire) 

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Preliminary Police investigations reveal that gunmen had arrived in a car and used two T56 firearms to carry out the shooting reported in Athurugiriya this morning. 

Two men, including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera Alias ‘Club Wasantha’, were killed in the attack at a tattoo parlour. According to the Police, the deceased are residents of Athurugiriya and Colombo 07.

Meanwhile, a woman and a man who were injured in the shooting are receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital, while two other injured women are undergoing treatment at the Homagama Hospital. 

Media reports state the vehicle used to carry out the shooting has been found abandoned in the Koratota area in Kaduwela. 

The Athurugiriya Police is conducting further investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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Two persons were reported dead and four others injured in a shooting incident at Oruwila, Athurugiriya this morning.

According to the Police, businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera Alias ‘Club Wasantha’ has been identified as one of the victim killed in the shooting.

It has also been reported that popular artist K. Sujeewa is among those injured, who have been admitted to the Homagama Hospital. 

The shooting is said to have taken place when ‘Club Wasantha’ had attended the opening of the Tattoo Salon in the area. (Newswire)

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The services of 22 cashiers at the Athurugiriya Interchange have been suspended due to financial fraud amounting to millions of Rupees, according to the Road Development Authority (RDA). 

According to media reports, RDA Director General Engineer Priyantha Suriyabandara said the financial fraud has taken place at the Athurugiriya Interchange located on the Outer Circular Expressway. 

The services of the cashiers at the Athurugiriya Interchange have been suspended by the Deputy Director General of the RDA on the directive of the RDA Director General. 

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the large-scale financial fraud is said to have been initially carried out by taking advantage of the electricity crisis faced in Sri Lanka in 2020.

Investigations reveal that the financial fraud later continued to be carried out by disconnecting the power supply or by sneakily removing the power supply wire. 

The cashiers are said to have suspended power so that CCTV cameras do not function and had received payments from motorists passing through the interchange, which they had taken for themselves.

It has been found that out of the 27 cashiers employed at the Athurugiriya Interchange 22 had engaged in the said financial fraud.

Investigations have found that the continuous malfunction of CCTV cameras in late January this year had resulted in a financial fraud of nearly Rs. 2 million. (Newswire)

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A 14-year-old student of the Panagoda Parakrama Vidyalaya in Athurugiriya has died due to a sudden illness, it was reported.

According to Lankadeepa, the Grade 09 student was pronounced dead after being admitted to the Oruwala District Hospital. 

The deceased has been identified as a 14-year-old resident of the Mullegama area in Homagama. 

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the girl had informed her mother of pain in her hand while studying with her friends at her house after school yesterday.

The child’s mother had tended to home medication after which she had returned to studying with her friends but had suddenly vomited and collapsed.

The girl was rushed to the Oruwala District Hospital where she was pronounced dead after being examined by doctors at the hospital. (NewsWire)

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Three youths have been arrested for seriously injuring a woman over a social media dispute.

According to the Police, a woman from Athurugiriya allegedly involved in prostitution is reported to have used the photograph of another woman to engage in her trade via social media.

The boyfriend of the woman whose photograph had been misused had contacted the woman from Athurugiriya and had lured her to a hotel in the area.

The youth, along with three of his friends had arrived at the hotel, and he had also informed his girlfriend to arrive at the hotel along with her mother.

The woman from Athurugiriya had arrived at the hotel with another man and had engaged in a conversation with the youths, but had fled as the woman whose photograph she had misused had arrived at the location.

As the suspect woman had fled on a motorcycle with the man she had arrived with, the youth along with two of his friends had chased behind in a car and had caused an accident, resulting in the woman sustaining injuries. 

The woman who had sustained serious injuries has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, while the youth and two of his friends have been arrested over the incident.

The three men have been identified as residents of Athurugiriya and Homagama aged 21 and 22 years. 

The men who were arrested by the Athurugiriya Police have been remanded until May 26, 2023, after being produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court.

Meanwhile, Police spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa has requested the public to refrain from taking social media disputes into their own hands.

Citing the incident in Athurugiriya, SSP Thalduwa advised the public to reach out to the Police before taking any form of action. (NewsWire)

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The 29-year-old suspect arrested over the double murder in Athurugiriya recently has been escorted by the Police to the murder site today. 

According to Ada Derana, the suspect, who is a 29-year-old resident of Koralawella, Moratuwa, was arrested last evening. 

The suspect was arrested after being questioned on the receipt received for pawning the jewellery worth Rs. 450,000 which was stolen from the female victim of the murder. 

The female owner of a carpenter shop on Godagama Road in Athurugiriya was found murdered near her office room after being attacked with a sharp weapon on May 02.

A 51-year-old employee of the carpenter shop was also hospitalized after being assaulted with a sharp weapon and died on Saturday (May 06) while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital. 

The suspect who was escorted to the crime site had told the Police that the woman had shouted out for help due to which he had attacked her.

“She bit my finger when I covered her mouth. I dragged her onto the floor and stabbed her mouth with a knife. I removed her gold chain and left,” the suspect revealed to the Police. (NewsWire)

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