Underworld hit suspected as person is hacked to death in Keselwatta

Underworld hit suspected as person is hacked to death in Keselwatta

December 5, 2021   05:07 pm

Police are investigating suspected underworld links to the brutal murder of an individual on Old Moor Street in Keselwatta police area late last night (04).

A person had been hacked to death at around 11.00 p.m. last night on Old Moor Street. 

The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Mohamed Kamil Mohamed Fawaz, a resident of Colombo 12. 

Police suspect that the murder was the result of a rivalry between to criminal groups and also suspect that the hit was carried out by members of the underworld gang of ‘Keselwatta Dinuka’. 

A body believed to be of the notorious criminal figure Rajapaksha Arachchilage Dinuka Madushan alias ‘Keselwatte Dinuka’ was brought down from Dubai to Sri Lanka on March 18.

DNA test results had later confirmed that the body brought down from Dubai does indeed belong to the notorious criminal.

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