Police Detain, Question Gunman and Rider in Weligama PS Chairman Murder; Seven Others Remanded

COLOMBO (News 1st); Seven suspects arrested in connection with aiding and abetting the murder of Chairman of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha , Lasantha Wickramasekara, have been remanded until the 13th of November. 

This was announced when he was produced before Matara Magistrate Chathura Dissanayake today.

The main suspect who is the gunman and the rider of the motorcycle who were arrested in connection with the incident were not presented to the court today as they are currently being detained and questioned.

The suspects are residents of Kekirawa, Galle, Colombo, and Matara.

Chairman of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha, Lasantha Wickramasekara, was shot dead at his office on the 22nd of October.