Murder of wealthy businessman:
Four Police officers arrested
Chandrika Perera
The Criminal Investigation Department yesterday arrested four police
officers in connection with the alleged murder of a wealthy businessman
named Mohamed Siyam of Bambalapitiya.
The CID also obtained a statement from DIG Vaas Gunawardena in this
regard yesterday.
Initial Police investigations revealed that Siyam’s murder was a
contract killing undertaken for a consideration of Rs. 3 million. The
four Police personnel arrested had been members of a security detail of
a DIG.
According to the DIG this murder had been committed on May 22 on a
contract given by a rival businessman who had given an initial advance
of Rs 500,000 promising to settle the balance after the job was done.
But the businessman who gave the contract had failed to settle the
balance due for executing the contract after the murder had been
accomplished.
The CID said the four policemen were arrested following clues
obtained during interrogation of two suspects arrested earlier. Among
those arrested are one Sub Inspector and three constables.
Initial investigations into this alleged murder were handled by the
Colombo Crimes Division.
But the IGP later directed the CID to take over further
investigations. The CID which took over the investigations arrested one
of this police officers on June 5 and arrested the other three yesterday
following interrogation. |