Three suspects have been arrested for having targeted Gay men and financially defrauding them by threatening to expose their explicit photos and videos on social media.

According to the Police, the group had promised to introduce the victims to other Gay men and had invited them to a house in the Beddagana area in Pitta Kote to carry out their ransom activities.

Police investigations reveal a 39-year-old man from Bandarawela, employed at a store in Nugegoda, had come into contact with the suspects via a mobile application to connect with Gay men. 

The suspects had invited the victim over to the house in Pitta Kote where they had assaulted him, stripped him and taken explicit videos and photos. They had threatened to share it on social media if the victim failed to pay a ransom of Rs. 100,000. 

The victim had filed a complaint with the Mirihana Police, after which the Police instructed the victim to inform the suspects to arrive at the Pitta Kotte junction to obtain the cash. 

The suspects were apprehended as they arrived at the Pitta Kotte Junction, while inspection of their mobile phones showed explicit videos and photos of six other victims from whom they had sought ransom.

The Police had also seized stocks of ICE and heroin from the possession of the suspects, who are aged between 41 and 59 years. (Newswire)

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An individual who had sought a ransom of Rs. 1 million from a Colombo businessman has been arrested by the Police Homicide and Organized Crime Investigation Division.

It has been reported that the suspect had sought ransom claiming that he was an associate of notorious criminal figure and drug dealer Nadun Chinthaka Wickremeratne alias ‘Harak Kata’.

The suspect had introduced himself as ‘Bentota Gihan’ to the businessman, the owner of a prominent clothing store in Colombo and a resident of Havelock Town in Colombo.

The Police stated that the suspect had allegedly threatened to murder the businessman’s son if he failed to provide the ransom as requested.

Investigations have revealed that the businessman had previously paid Rs. 100,000 on three separate occasions.

Due to the continuous threats, the businessman filed a complaint with the Police Homicide and Organized Crime Investigation Division.

The Police arrested the suspect and produced him before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court after which he was remanded until August 17, 2023.

Investigations have been launched to ascertain if the suspect, a Dehiwala resident, has any connections to the notorious ‘Harak Kata’. (NewsWire)

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