Death of foreigner :

Full probe on - Police

Chaminda PERERA

The Police Department yesterday assured a full-scale investigation on the death of a British national at a holiday resort in Medilla in Tangalle on Saturday night.

The Department has deployed finger print experts to assist the investigation process and five suspects, including Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha chairman Sampath Chandrapushpakumara Vidanapathirana, were arrested.

According to Police spokesman, SP Ajith Rohana, special police teams have been deployed to arrest other suspects who are absconding. SP Rohana said that a group of CID officials are also assisting the police in the investigation.

He said the police succeeded in finding the T 56 weapon used for the murder at an abandon garden in Vitharandeniya.

SP Rohana added that all facts regarding the incident and the murder were presented to the Magistrates Court.

He said that a Russian woman who sustained injuries has been referred to the Judicial Medical Officer too. The Tangalle Magistrate remanded two suspects including the Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman till January 6 and ordered to produce them for an identification parade.