Manoj Muthukumara, also known as ‘Kaiwaru Muthu’, a suspect allegedly involved in organised crime and drug trafficking, who had been arrested in Dubai and subsequently deported to Sri Lanka, was taken into custody upon his arrival at Katunayake Airport this morning (6).
The suspect was arrested by officers attached to the Airport Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and subsequently handed over to the Western Province South Divisional Crime Investigation Division for further investigations.
The suspect is a 30-year-old resident of Korathota North, Kaduwela.
The suspect is currently being detained under a 72-hour detention order, while further investigations are being conducted by the Western Province South Divisional Crime Investigation Division, the Police Media Division said.
Investigations have revealed that the suspect is allegedly connected to the following criminal activities:
• The rape of a minor girl within the Athurugiriya Police Division in 2013.
• The murder of an individual by hacking and assaulting the victim in the Delgoda area, within the Meegahawatta Police Division, in 2016.
• The abduction of an individual within the Nawagamuwa Police Division in 2024, followed by the victim's murder by shooting in the Thunadahena area.
• A shooting incident carried out in front of a business establishment within the Nawagamuwa Police Division in 2024.
• An attack on a businessman's residence in the Korathota area using a petrol bomb in 2024.
• Issuing death threats to individuals over telephone calls.
It has further been revealed that legal proceedings relating to these offences are currently pending before the Kaduwela and Homagama Magistrates' Courts.
