Youth shot dead at Dehiwela
by Asanga Warnakulasuriya
A Tamil youth identified by Police as Nadaraja Jeewaratnam (28) was
shot dead at point blank range on Saturday night in Dehiwela, Police
said.
According to the Dehiwela Police, unidentified persons had fired
seven shots at the victim using a 9mm pistol around 9.10 pm along Second
Lane, Dehiwela. Police informed by a neighbour rushed to the scene and
had found a passport and an identity card belonging to the suspect.
Police who traced the location on identity card had found the address
at Jintupitiya, Colombo 13 to be fictitious. The victim was conducting
tuition classes in Dehiwela. Dehiwela Police are on trail of the
suspects still at large. |