Police Log

Help identify body

Marawila Police seek public assistance to identify the body of an elderly man who died after being hit by a train plying from Colombo to Puttalam near the Nattandiya railway station on Tuesday morning.

The man appears to be around 80 years and was sent to the Negombo hospital morgue.

Diurnal burglar arrested

A suspect arrested in connection with 31 house breaking incidents in several towns was remanded until June 6 by the Gampaha magistrate.

The Gampaha Crime Investigation Unit arrested the suspect in Weliweriya on Sunday. He revealed information about 31 house breaking incidents during day in Gamapha, Veyangoda, Weliweriya, Weeragula, Minuwangoda and in Nittambuwa.

Police also recovered part of the loot, including jewellery, gas cylinders, laptop computers, cameras, electrical items, mobile phones from his possession.

Gampaha Police are investigating.

Two arrested with heroin

Mirihana Police arrested three suspects with 8.700 grams of heroin in their possession at Thalapathpitiya and Rajamawatha, Mirihana. They were produced before Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Mirihana Police are investigating.

Car kills mother, daughter

A mother and her daughter admitted after being knocked down by a car at Kahagolla junction in Mawathagama, succumbed to their injuries at Kurunegala hospital on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred when a car, travelling on the Kandy-Kurunegala road, went out of control and veered into a garden by knocking down a woman and a girl in their compound. E D Ramani Jayasinghe, 47, and R D Shalani Sumaya Kularatne, 9, died in the incident. The driver of the car was arrested by Mawathagama Police.

Illicit brewery raided

Wennappuwa Police on Tuesday raided an illicit liquor brewery and apprehended three suspects with 400 bottles of illicit liquor, 10 barrels and other implements. They were produced before the Marawila Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Mother, daughter hacked to death

Amila Prabath Wanasinghe

A mother and a daughter died when they were attacked by an unidentified group of persons with sharp weapons at their home in Abayapura, Anuradhapura on Tuesday night. The woman’s husband who was also hacked has been admitted to Anuradhpura Teaching Hospital. Sheela Karunaratne, 62, and her daughter, 23, Thakshila Darshanamali died in the incident. Anuradhapura Police are investigating.