Kovil kapurala killing: suspect arrested

M. Nelson Piyaratne, Kataragama group cor

A suspect wanted in connection with the killing of Eshvara Kovil, Valliguha temple, Kataragama, kapurala, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Premadasa was arrested on Sunday in Badulla by Kataragama Police.

The kapurala was killed on June 3 night. His body was found by one of his nephews on June 5 in a shrubbery of the temple premises.

The suspect has confessed that he and a nephew of the incumbent of the Valliguha temple had killed the kapurala on June 3 midnight.

He said the body was cut into pieces and they had dropped it into a shrubbery in the temple land after bundling parts of the body in a bag of fertiliser. The suspect had shown a club to the Police that was used to kill the kapurala. Investigations are on to arrest more suspects. The suspect was due to be produced before the Tissamaharama Magistrate and District Judge.