Peliyagoda Crimes Division has arrested another suspect in the Kaluthara prison bus shooting incident in Malwathuhiripitiya last night (26)
The suspect Edirisooriya Arachchilage Chaminda Sandamal Edirisooriya is a 38-year- old resident of Malwathuhiripitiya, Buthpiitiya.
The suspect was arrested earlier due to stabbing a man to death in 2001 and robbing a vehicle in 2003.
He was formerly attached to the army but was sacked due to his complicity in a murder in 2001.
Underworld leader ‘Samayan’ was killed along with five other prisoners and two prison officers on February 27 while in a prison bus carrying prisoners from Kalutara Prison to Kaduwela Magistrate courts.
The suspect is ordered to be presented to Kalutara North Police Station today to be produced before court. Peliyagoda Crimes Division is investigating
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