Husband hangs himself after hacking wife [June 11 2014]

Mundel Police yesterday found the hacked body of a woman in Karikattiya area with her husbands body hanging from a near by mango tree, the police said.

The 23-year-old woman was identified as Niluka Damayanthi whereas the male had been identified as her husband Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Shirantha (27).

Mundel Police suspect whether the man had hacked the woman to death and committed suicide. The bodies are lying at Chilaw Hospital Morgue.