Murder suspect arrested after 12 years

Dodangoda Police said that a person who had hacked a young man to death with sharp weapons in Dodangoda area 12 years ago and seriously injured another person and fled and was hiding was arrested in the Wellampitiya Kohilawatta area by them.

The suspect was arrested while working in a hotel in the area.The suspect, who was accused of killing a 28-year-old man named Gayan Sri Dinesh, on January 1, 2011, a resident of Payagala Maragaswila, had fled the area.

The suspect had been arrested while working at a hotel in Wellampitiya, Kohilawatta, by the Dodangoda Police who had gone along with officers of the Crime Branch, based on information received by officers of the Special Bureau regarding the suspect.

The 59-year-old suspect is a resident of Payagala.The suspect is to be produced before the Kalutara court. Dodangoda Police are conducting investigations.

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