A body of a mysteriously dead person has been found near the railway track in Nittawela area of the Kandy-Matale railway line.
The local residents informed the Katugastota police this morning (02), and investigations have been started in this regard.
It is reported that 35-year-old Pathum Gayan, a resident of the same area, has died.
The police said that complaints have been received regarding assaults, strangulation and drunken and riotous behavior of this person.
However, the police suspect that this person was killed and dumped near the railway line as there is a cut on the dead body found in this way.
Suspicious dead body found in Kandy.
