CID makes breakthrough in businessman's murder case

by J. Jayasinghe and Kapila Somaratne, Panaduara Correspondent

The mystery that surrounded the death of Indrajit Fernando, a businessman cum car broker, whose bullet riddled body was found inside his vehicle at Susantha Mawatha, Panadura last year was solved with the arrest of a suspect by the CID last week.

A team of CID officers investigating the alleged murder took in for questioning a suspect, Saman Karunaratne of Wadduwa in connection with the murder of Indrajit Fernando last week. He was produced before the Panadura Magistrate, Jagath A. Kahadagamage last week and remanded pending further investigations.

The Magistrate also ordered the Supdt of Prisons Kalurata to produce Abdul Mohemed Karim a suspect before him when the case is taken up on May 30. The suspect Abdul Mohemed Karim was arrested by the Kalutara police earlier in connection with a robbery and remanded.

The CID made a breakthrough when they found that the fingerprints on the vehicle of Indrajit Fernando tallied with those of Saman Karunaratne and Abdul Mohemed Karim.

Both suspects had been evading arrest for more than a year until they were traced by the CID. In January this year, the wife of deceased Indrajit Fernando made an application to court through a lawyer for the CID to investigate the case as the Panadura police failed to arrest the suspect.

Sub-Inspector I. Premadasa of the CID is conducting investigation.