Murder plot suspect arrested in Peliyagoda

Peliyagoda Police Criminal Branch officials have arrested the suspect who plotted to kill a woman near Armstrong junction, Kadawatha on August 7. Police said the suspect Koswatte Liyanage Dinesh Madushanka (26) was arrested in Peliyagoda last Thursday (30).

It was revealed that the suspect was addicted to heroin. He had made a statement to police that a person named Asanka who is in remand now had ordered him to kill the woman named Ampegama Gamage Kumari. The police said two more suspects will be arrested soon.

Police produced the suspect at the Mahara Magistrate's court yesterday.