A man who had murdered his girlfriend by assaulting her with a rock has been apprehended by the Payagala Police today. 

According to the Police, the deceased is a 19-year-old girl from the Pahalagoda area in Payagala. 

Interrogation of the suspect has revealed that an argument had ensued between the couple who had visited the beach in the Dhiyalagoda area in Payagala, during which he had hit her on the head with a rock. 

The Police have found the rock used in the attack at the site of the incident, while further investigations have revealed that the young couple has been constantly quarrelling for a long time due to this relationship.

Following the attack, the suspect had informed a friend in this regard, after which they had transported the victim in an ambulance to the Kalutara Nagoda Hospital. 

However, the victim had died while receiving treatment at the hospital this morning. 

The arrested suspect is an 18-year-old resident of the Maggona area in Payagala. He is due to be produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court. (Newswire)

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A 03-year-old child was reported dead due to electrocution in the Maggona area in Payagala on Monday.

The deceased toddler has been identified as a resident of the Munghena area in Maggona. 

Police investigations reveal that the girl had been electrocuted after coming into contact with an exposed power outlet at her residence.

The child had died upon admission to the Beruwala Hospital. 

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

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A suspect wanted over the murder of a youth in Payagala in 2011 has been arrested 12 years after the incident, it was reported.

According to Lankadeepa, the Dodangoda Police stated that the suspect is a 59-year-old resident of Maragaswila in Payagala.

He is accused of hacking to death a 28-year-old man in the Maragaswila area in Payagala in January 2011. 

The Police stated that the suspect who had fled the area following the murder had been living in hiding in various areas over the last 12 years. 

Continuous investigations and a tip-off led to the arrest of the suspect yesterday, with Police officials taking him into custody while he was working at a hotel in the Kohilawatte area in Wellampitiya. (NewsWire)

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