Valentine’s Day death :

Five suspects to be produced before ID parade

Jayantha de SILVA

Five men taken into custody by Kollupitiya Police in connection with the death of a man aged 24 were remanded until February 28 by the Fort Magistrate pending an identification parade. Jeyakumar Surendran, a three wheeler driver from Cinnamon Gardens died following a brawl at a night club in Thunmulla Junction, Bambalapitiya on Valentine’s Day.

The suspects are from Grandpass, Modera and Kotehena.

A three wheeler in which one of the suspects allegedly travelled was also taken into custody.

AJMO A Ilangovan who held the postmortem, attributed Surendran’s death to trauma caused by the impact of the head hitting a hard surface.

Investigations conducted by IP Crimes M P D I Kulasekara, SI Asiri Bandara and SI Dissanayake under the direction of ASP Pradeep Ratnayake and OIC Mangala Dehideniya revealed that the head injury was due to the fall and the head hitting a hard surface suspected to be as a result of a drunken brawl.

Inquiries by the Daily News revealed that there had been several complaints to the Police from the public about drunken men engaging in brawls in the wee hours after visiting a karaoke club in the vicinity.

Earlier, the Police arrested and produced some suspects before court.