The body, which was recovered from a rubber estate in Nawagamuwa this morning (11), has been identified as a person who had been wanted over a murder in Sapugaskanda.
The police had found a body with gunshot wounds from a rubber estate at Godellawatte in Nawagamuwa this morning.
Police investigations have uncovered that the deceased is a 37-year-old named Chamila Prasad Karunaratne, who was temporarily residing in Gonawara area in Kelaniya.
Reportedly, live ammunition used for T-56 and empty bullets were also recovered at the scene.
The deceased had been wanted by the police over the murder of a 35-year-old businessman named H. A. Danushka Sanjeewa alias ‘Manna’ from Makola North.
On 12th December 2018, this businessman was shot dead at the Galwala Junction in Sapugaskanda by two gunmen.
