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by Sarath Samaranayake and Indika Polkotuwa

Kandy police is investigating Tuesday's bomb attack on the house of a well-known businessman at Peradeniya Road, Kandy.

Businessman A. M. Marikkar is said to be a close associate of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Minister Rauff Hakeem.

The front compound of the house had minor damages as the bomb had first struck a tree before getting deflected. Marikkar had been away during the attack, according to the complaint lodged at the Kandy Police by his watcher.

No arrests have been made.

A police team led by Chief Inspector Edmund Mahendra, HQI Kandy Police is investigating, directed by DIG, Central Province Nimal Mediwaka.

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