Eheliyagoda Police OIC found dead with gunshot injuries
October 21, 2023 07:45 am
The Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Eheliyagoda Police Station was reportedly found dead with gunshot injuries.
According to Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa, the 42-year-old OIC, identified as Priyankara de Silva, a resident of Wadduwa, had been found dead with gunshot injuries in his headquarters.
Thus, investigations are being carried out into the incident in order to determine whether the OIC’s death, believed to have occurred at around 01:00 a.m. today (21 Oct.), was a murder or suicide, under the directives of the SSP in charge of the Ratnapura Police Division.
The OIC had been found by another Police Officer this morning, who had arrived at his headquarters, and was subsequently rushed to the Eheliyagoda Base Hospital.
The OIC, was, however, pronounced dead on admission, police reported.
