A person who came in a car had killed a female official of the Civil Aviation Authority at the Southern Expressway entrance at Kahathuduwa by sliting her neck in the presence of bystanders. The perpetrator managed to escape the scene after slitting her neck.
The deceased has been identified as Mapitiyage Dulangali Anuruddhika, 42 of Madapatha, Jamburaliya in Piliyandala. The perpetrator had attacked her in the neck with a sharp object, when she walking from the Expressway exit point to the Colombo-Horana road to take the bus bound to her house. She succumbed to her injuries after being admitted to Wethara Hospital.
The initial inquiries have revealed that the car utilized by the victim has been officially registered under the name of an individual residing in Anuradhapura.Information received to the Police has indicated that the illicit relationship has ultimately led to the tragic homicide. Investigations are being conducted by the Crime Division officials attached to the Mount Lavinia Police.
Bimal Jayasinghe