INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The police today (June 27) arrested 08 suspects over their complicity in the murder of a youth in Hanguranketha area.The suspects, aged
between 19 and 63 years, were taken into custody after they surrendered to the Kandy Police earlier today
They were identified as residents of Mathurata, Rikillagaskadawala and Udawaththakumbura areas.According to police media spokesperson SSP
Nihal Thalduwa, a 48-year-old woman is also among the arrestees.Last Wednesday (June 21), a 23-year-old named Sandalu Santhush and his
father sustained critical injuries after being brutally assaulted by a group over a land dispute
The father-son duo was fighting for life at the Kandy National Hospital for over four days until they succumbed to injuries on Monday (June
26).According to relatives of the victims, a woman residing in the area had forcefully claimed the ownership of a house built on a piece of
house with his wife to clean it up and fix the locks.The woman in question, accompanied by a group of thugs, had barged into the house and
parents, had informed the two sides to visit the police station later to settle the matter.Following the departure of the police officers,
them up, however, upon his arrival, the group had returned to the house only to unleash another brutal attack on them.Santhush, who
sustained life-threatening injuries to his head, was initially rushed to the Hanguranketha Divisional Hospital before being transferred to
the Kandy National Hospital.His father was meanwhile moved to the ICU of the Kandy National Hospital with 52 stitches on his head after
initially getting 15 surgical sutures at the Hanguranketha Divisional Hospital.After receiving medical care for 4 days, Santhush and his
father succumbed to injuries yesterday (June 26).Last night, the neighbours who were infuriated by the murder of the father-son duo tried to
storm the Hanguranketha police station, expressing their dissatisfaction with the failure of the police to apprehend the rest of the
suspects who were at large.As the tense situation ensued, the police officers had fired nearly 38 warning shots into the air in an attempt
to disperse the unruly protesters, who then proceeded to stage a demonstration on the Hanguranketha-Kandy main for nearly an hour.
