Police have arrested two suspects including the father of her daughters husband in connection with the killing of a wealthy woman residing alone at a house in Ampitiya junction, Kandy Lake Round on August 14.
The suspects were arrested in Delgoda while hiding at a location in close proximity to the suspect’s house. Police had also found a knife from the main suspect’s house believed to be the one used for the murder.
The police say the other person arrested had assisted the main suspect to commit the murder. The main suspect is 62 while the other suspect is 57. Police earlier said the woman was killed by an unknown person and the crime had taken place in broad daylight with the woman’s throat being slit with a knife.
The deceased had been identified as Kamani Ranasinghe (64), a mother of two. She was a retired Staff Grade Officer at the Labour Department and had been living alone in her residence.
The woman’s children are residing in Australia and the husband had passed away sometime back.
The murdered woman is the owner of several buildings at Ampitiya junction which were given on rent for businesses. A neighbour earlier said that when he went to the woman’s house at around 2 pm on August 14, he saw some blood stains and while following the trail of the blood stains, he saw a dark skinned person about five feet in height coming out of the woman’s house with a blood stained knife in his hand.
The neighbour said when he went inside the house, the woman was moaning and after a few moments, she had died, so he did not try to take her to the hospital and informed the Police. The suspects are to be produced in court.