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Sunday, February 26, 2017

Ten Treasure Hunters Arrested In Monaragala

Police have arrested 10 persons who

Were involved in an excavation

work in search of a treasure in demodaraketiya reserve in Monaragala last night(26).

The suspects who are residents of ambalanthota,sevenagala,Maligakanda,lunugamwehera and thissamaharamaya areas are due to be produced before the Monaragala Magistrate Court today(27).

A Massive Gun Shooting Killed Seven Persons Including Underworld Criminals And A Prison Official In Kaluthara

Six persons including five prisoners and a prison official attached to the

Jawatte Prison in Northern Kaluthara were killed and four others injured and hospitalized due to a massive shooting taken a place in a Prison Bus this morning (27).

The Injured were admitted to the Nagoda Hospital for treatment and one of the injured are reported as in critical condition .

A group of persons arrived in a Cab blocked a Prison Bus which was on the way to Kaduwela Magistrate Court from Jawatte Prison carrying an underworld suspects of criminal cases including an underworld gang leader aruna udaya shantha pathirana nick named as "Samayan",and shot at those in the Bus in ethanagoda(Kalutara)area .

The attackers fled in the same vehicle after the shooting it has been revealed.

Due to the shooting "Samayan "too was killed according to Police.

Police department has deployed police teams to arrest the suspects related to the shooting.

A Businessman Was Shot And killed In Mawathagama

An unidentified gunmen shot and killed a 65 year old

businessman in Mawathagama ,Kurunagala last night (26).

Two gunmen arrived by a motor cycle shot and killed the businessman while he was on the way home from his office it has been revealed.

Police have deployed two police teams to arrest the suspects related to the shooting.

Five Police Officers Arrested Over A Death Of A Suspect While In Custody Remanded

The five Police Officers attached to the Paliyagoda

Police arrested over the death of a suspect while in Police Custody had been remanded until 06 th of March .

The suspects including a sub inspector and four police constables were arrested last evening (26) by the Paliyagoda special investigations division over a death of a 41 year old person who was in police custody.

The four suspected police constables arrested the deceased in his house in Malwana area for questioning over an incident last saturday(25).