Triple murder in Ratmalana

Rafik Jalaldeen and Suranjith Perera Dehiwela, Mt.Lavinia Group Correspondent

COLOMBO: A leading businessman, his brother-in-law and a domestic aide have been stabbed to death at their Ratmalana residence by unidentified suspects.

Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said leading businessman L.B.M. de Silva (60) was killed by unknown persons.

The bodies were found yesterday around 12.30 p.m. “We believe that the victims had been murdered on Saturday. Their throats have been slit,” he added. The businessman’s brother-in-law

had been identified as Padmasiri Lamaheva (54). Following a call from Silva’s son, Mt. Lavinia police had rushed to the scene and found the bodies of the victims. Silva owned of L.B.M. Construction Company at Maliban junction, Ratmalana.

A twin murder of a husband and wife was reported in Siddamulla, Piliyandala on Sunday night, police spokesman Gunasekera said.

Wimal Mallawarachchi (50) and his wife K.D.Nanda Srimathy (50) have been clubbed to death by unknown persons at their residence around 9.50pm.