Was murder suspect a man or woman?

by S. Selvakumar

The Court has ordered the hospital authorities to ascertain whether a suspect in a murder case was a man or woman.

The prime suspect, Rupika Damayanthi who is charged in the alleged Mahasenpura double murder of a man and his wife was produced in the Kuchchaveli Circuit Magistrate’s Court along with another suspect Imali Priyadharshani, the daughter of the slain couple.

Police told the court that the two had indulged in lesbianism and when Priyadharshani’s parents came to know about it they had warned their daughter.

The first suspect, Damayanthi had associated with Priyadharshani. She earned a living by climbing coconut trees and plucking nuts.

She was also addicted to liquor, heroin, ganja and cigarettes. Police also said she behaved like a man in every respect and, therefore asked the court to order the Trincomalee hospital to examine her to ascertain her gender.

The suspects are alleged to have killed the couple for being an obstacle to their immoral practice.