Father, two sons hacked to death
Rafik Jalaldeen
MATARA: An elderly father and his two sons were hacked to
death over a family dispute near their house in Diyalape, Akuressa on
Monday night. Two others also sustained injuries in the incident, police
said.
According to DIG Southern Range Jayantha Gamage the suspects were
relatives of the victims and the motive was a family dispute. The
incident had occurred at around 9.30 p.m.
The parties lived approximately 500 metres away from each other in
Diyalape. The victims have been identified as H.Albert (65), S.Chaminda
(35) and H.Upali (30).
The DIG said the family dispute has began one and half year ago when
C. Sujeewa (12) from the family of the alleged assailants had been taken
away without their knowledge and made to work as labourer in a boutique
at Moratuwa by the other party.
"Sujeewa's family lodged a complaint at the police saying that
H.Upali had abducted their son", he added.
Police arrested Upali following the statement from Sujeewa and the
case was pending at the Magistrate's Court.
"Since then there were many disputes and complaints were made to the
police station in Akuressa by both families," DIG Gamage said.
On Monday evening, Chaminda and Upali were returning after working at
their paddy field. On their way home, they had to pass the home of their
rivals. "An argument between two families had turned violent and Albert
who heard the argument had rushed to the scene", the DIG added.
When Albert arrived the scene, he was assaulted by the other party
and a clash erupted leading to the hacking of the father and his two
sons. Two other persons from the rival family were also injured in the
incident while two were arrested, DIG Gamage said.
Two special police teams had been deployed to conduct a full
investigation into the incident. |