It is reported that a suspect who shot and killed a person in South Thalangama Korawa area of Battaramulla and fled the country to Singapore was brought back and arrested at Katunayake Airport.
It is said that the suspect in the incident of shooting and killing Janaka Pushpakumara, a loan shark, on the 25th, has been arrested.
Aturagiriya Police have stated that on the basis of information received that the suspect was fleeing from Sri Lanka to Singapore, they obtained a travel ban on the suspect at the time of departure, turned him back when he landed in Singapore and arrested him at the airport after arriving in Sri Lanka.
A 23-year-old resident of Athuragiriya area has been arrested.