Woman in custody over superintendent’s death

by Jayampathy JAYASINGHE

A woman has been taken into custody by the Negombo police in connection with the death of the Superintendent of the Gonahena Pathagam estate whose body was found lying on a gravel road at Ranmavi Mawatha, Negombo, Police Media Spokesman, Superintendent of Police, Prishantha Jayakody told the Sunday Observer.

The deceased was identified as Samaratunga Mudiyanselage Wijeratne Banda, a resident of Walpola, Ragala. The deceased superintendent had visited the home of the woman in the same estate around 9.pm. on April 21 and had drinks with her. A few minutes later he had become unconscious.

Realising the man was unconscious, the woman had dragged him out of the house around 12 am and placed it on the road. “Although no injuries were visible on the body, the man had bled from his nose and mouth. The body is now lying at the Negombo hospital mortuary. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death,” police said. The Negombo police is investigating the death.