(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The chief suspect of the assassination of Karandeniya Predashiya Sabha Deputy Chairman Somapala Amarakeerthi Donald Sampath Ranweera was arrested in Kahawa a short while ago.
The Deputy Chairman was shot dead while returning home from a wedding at Uragasmanhandiya by two gunmen who arrived on a motorcycle at Uragasmanhandiya in Elpitiya on June 8.
Another suspect identified as Paththini Hakuru Asela Ranasinghe (24) of Pahalawela, North Magala, Uragasmanhandiya was arrested on June 9 by Karandeniya Police.
