Bambalapitiya businessman murder: nine suspects remanded

Nine suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Bambalapitiya businessman Mohamed Shakeeb Sulaiman has been further remanded until 13 October, Ada Derana reporter said.

The suspects were remanded after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court this morning.

Sulaiman was found dead in Mawanella last on August 24 three days after he was abducted near his residence in Bambalapitiya. According to the complaint lodged with Bambalapitiya Police by the victim’s wife, Sulaiman had returned home after attending a function at around 11.15pm on August 21 and had called out to his wife from outside their home in Kothalawala Avenue in Colombo 04.