කෙහෙල්බද්දර පද්මේගේ කල්ලියේ ප්රධාන කුලී ඝාතකයෙක්: කටුනායක ගුවන්තොටුපළේදී ඊයේ (26දා) අලුයම අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් පාතාල කල්ලි නායක කෙහෙල්බද්දර පද්මේගේ කල්ලියේ ප්රධාන කුලී ඝාතකයකු ලෙස කටයුතු කළ ‘මාටියා’ නමැති අපරාධකරු වැඩිදුර විමර්ශන සඳහා අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව වෙත භාරදී ඇත. ජාත්…
A key hitman in Kehelbaddara Padme's gang:
A criminal named 'Matiya', who was a key hitman in the gang of underworld leader Kehelbaddara Padme, who was arrested at the Katunayake Airport yesterday (26) morning, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations.
The hitman named 'Matiya', who was arrested in Malaysia on an Interpol red warrant, had arrived at the Katunayake Airport yesterday morning after being deported from the country.
There, Matiya was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigation Department officers at the airport and was taken to the department's headquarters for further investigations.
It has been revealed that the assassin named ‘Matiya’ had shot and killed a criminal named Pas Podda and another person in front of the Gampaha Courthouse on the orders of Kehelbaddara Padme.
In addition, information has been received that he had committed several other murders on a contract given by Kehelbaddara Padme.
Matiya, a resident of the Paththadhuwana area in Minuwangoda, fled to Malaysia after committing the double murder in front of the Gampaha Courthouse.
Police headquarters sources said that the suspect will be interrogated on a 72-hour detention order.
Kehelbaddara Padme, who is said to be the leader of the underworld gang of the assassin named Matiya, is currently being held at the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters.
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