Nine suspects of Estate Superintendent murder identified in court

Nine suspects of Estate Superintendent murder identified in court

July 29, 2013   04:28 pm

Nine suspects including ‘Atha Kota’ out of the 21 persons arrested over the murder of an Estate Superintendent in Deraniyagala were identified in the identification parade in courts today (July 29).

The Avissawella Magistrate Court ordered the rest of the suspects to be presented at courts tomorrow and day after tomorrow while they were ordered to be kept in remand at the Kuruvita prison.
 
Noori Estate superintendent Nihal Perera was hacked to death in Deraniyagala on July 5.
 
Anil Champika, also known as ‘Atha Kota’, a former Deraniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha chairman, had personally handed himself over through a lawyer.
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