Colombo: The Eravur police in Jaffna peninsula, investigating the killing of fancy goods businessman and his wife on April 7, arrested four suspects on Sunday, including the victims’ 16 year-old daughter, her boyfriend and two other friends who are in their teens, ‘The Island’ reported on Monday.
Police investigations revealed that the suspects had been taken into custody a week after their alleged links to the killings and the police spokesman said that the daughter had helped her perpetrators to kill her own father and mother after giving her parents sleeping tablets before they retired to bed.
The girl’s parents had objected to their daughter’s affair with the main suspect, one of the relatives said.
The victims, Shivaguru Ragu, 48 and Sundara Murthi Chipra, 42, were hacked to death at their residence in Chenkaladi, Batticaloa by the suspects when they were sleeping, while their 16 year-old daughter, who was not harmed by the killers, was sleeping in an adjoining room.
Drunk dad tried to force child to swallow poison
Quick action by the Laggala Police saved the life of a four-year-old girl, who was about to be forced to swallow poison by her drunken father on Sunday April 14 at Dewaladeniya in Laggala, reports ‘The Island’ newspaper.
The mother of the girl, who was assaulted and chased out of the house by her husband, wasted no time to rush to the Laggala police station.
A police team led by the OIC, Inspector Priyantha Gunasekera, rushed to the scene, broke open the door of the house and nabbed the 30-year-old man trying to force his crying little daughter to swallow poison.
The man, who was drunk, was arrested and will be prosecuted, police said.
70-year-old dies during Sri Lanka marathon
A 70-year-old Sri Lankan man died while participating in a cross country running race in Rambukkana on the morning of April 14.
The victim K. Yasaratna collapsed while running in the cross country race for those over the age of 40. He was rushed to the Rambukkana Hospital where he was pronounced dead on admission.
The race was organised by Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Maheepala Herath as part of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations.
Police spokesman SP Buddhika Siriwardana told ‘The Island’ newspaper that the victim was a resident of Halimaluwa and had collapsed in Rambukkana town after completing a distance of 3.5 km.
Camera helps nab paddy thief
The decision by a Sri Lankan rice mill owner to install a security camera paid rich dividends recently, as it enabled the Tissamaharama Police to nab the thieves who had been stealing paddy from the mill for quite some time.
The owner of the paddy mill in Polgahawelena, Tissamaharama, had found that paddy bagged for transport was being stolen almost every day. He had tried to catch the thieves but failed.
Then he bought a security camera and fixed it without anyone's knowledge.
The thieves, unaware that their actions were being recorded, continued to steal the paddy. Unfortunately for them, the police was able to arrest them with the help of the camera.
According to the police, the main suspect is a person who had been released from the Weeravila prison after he had finished his jail term. He had worked in the same paddy mill for almost a year. He was helped by his two sons in the theft.
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