Businessman killed

Rafik Jalaldeen

A leading businessman was clubbed and stabbed to death by unknown persons at his residence on Parliament Road, Rajagiriya last morning.

Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said Raja Ananda Edirisinghe (55), a businessman was attacked with a pole and stabbed to death yesterday around 7.00 am at his residence in Rajagiriya.

A servant of the businessman has been missing soon after the incident. When the victim screamed, his wife rushed to the scene on the ground floor and the servant who is now missing said the screaming was heard from upstairs.

When the house owner rushed upstairs, the servant had gone missing from the house, SSP Gunasekera said.

Police are searching for the missing servant. However, he said the Rajagiriya police are conducting investigations to ascertain who was behind the murder and the motive.