Three Police teams are currently interrogating six suspects, including the female suspect connected to the murder of organised crime suspect Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’, Ishara Sewwandi.

It is reported that several important details related to Samararatne’s murder have been revealed during the questioning of Sewwandi.

Sewwandi, one of the main suspects in the murder of Samararatne, was recently arrested in Nepal during a special operation carried out jointly by a Sri Lankan Police team and the Nepalese Police. The group of suspects was brought back to Sri Lanka on a SriLankan Airlines aircraft by a team led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Rohan Olugala, along with four other officers. 

The aircraft carrying the suspects landed in Sri Lanka at approximately 6.52 p.m. on Wednesday (15). Upon arrival, the suspects were handed over to several Police divisions. Accordingly, Sewwandi, a suspect known by the aliases ‘Duplicate Ishara’ and ‘Thakshi’, a suspect known by the alias ‘J.K. Bai’, and another suspect known by the alias ‘Jaffna Suresh’ were handed over to the Colombo Crimes Division. 

A suspect known by the alias ‘Gampaha Baba’ was handed over to the Western Province (WP) North Crimes Division while one suspect known by the alias ‘Nugegoda Babee’ was handed over to the WP South Crimes Division.