Suspect further remanded

The suspect arrested in connection with the recent rape and murder of a nine-year-old boy in Iranawila, Chilaw, was recently ordered to be further remanded until March 22 by Chilaw Chief Magistrate Manjula Ratnayake.

The suspect, a 52-year-old father of two, was taken into custody on March 3 by Mulativu Naval Intelligence Officers, while he was hiding at a fisherman’s house. No lawyers appeared for the suspect.