Police Log

Woman defrauder arrested

A woman who had defrauded a job seeker for Rs 500,000 by promising to find him a job in Japan, was arrested by officers of the Colombo Fraud Bureau at Homagama town on Thursday. The suspect was produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate and remanded till June 21. Investigations are continuing.

Security officer dies of suspected methyl

Two private security officers who suddenly fell ill while on duty at the Medical Supplies Division at Deans Road, Maradana, around 9 pm on Wednesday, were admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.

One of them later died in hospital. The deceased was identified as Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Vasantha, 28, of Kandamandiya, Ambagasdowa, Godawela, Badulla.

At the post mortem examination, it had been revealed that death was due to the entry of a substance named methyl into the system. Maradana police is investigating.

Killed by wasps

A 64-year-old pedestrian died after being attacked by wasps on a road near the Dehirayaya paddy field in Gal Edanda, Diyatalawa on Wednesday afternoon.

The body is lying at the Diyatalawa hospital morgue awaiting an autopsy. Diyatalawa police is investigating.

Tragedy strikes family of three

Tissamaharama police acting on a tip off, found three persons including a husband, wife and their daughter fallen with bleeding injuries, in their house, near a water tank at Weerahela on the 7th mile post in Tissamaharama on Wednesday afternoon.

The mother and daughter were pronounced dead on admission to the Debarawewa hospital. The father was later transferred to the Hambantota hospital in a critical condition.

The deceased were identified as Jayawardene Abeysinghe Pathiranage Lalani Pushpakumari, 30 and her daughter Kehelgolla Mudiyanselage Sehera Padmini, 6. The injured father was identified as Kehelgolla Mudiyanselage Sunil Shantha.

Tissamaharama police is investigating.

Arrested with venison

Three persons were arrested by the Bagawantalawa police for being in possession of venison. They were due to be produced before the Hatton Magistrate yesterday.

Labourer arrested for robbery

A labourer attached to the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation at Mutwal, was arrested by the Modera police for breaking into the drivers' rest room and robbing two mobile phones worth Rs 51,200 and removing two CCTV cameras fixed in the facility.

The suspect was due to be produced before Hulftsdorp Magistrate yesterday. Investigations are continuing.