Five persons including two females and two males who were arrested in connection with the disappearance of the three missing females in Kolonnawa, were remanded until November 01 by the Aluthkade Magistrate today (19).

The two underage girls have been handed over to the Ranmuthugala Child Orphanage, The Police media Spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekara said.

The 19-year-old female and 15-year-old girl and the 14-year-old girl who went missing from Kolonnawa on Saturday (October 14), surrendered to Police on October 18 according to the Police Media spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara.

The Police commenced investigations into the disappearance of a young mother and two teenage girls who are residents of Kolonnawa, on October 17.

The three missing persons were  identified as 19-year old Malithi Wathsala who is the mother of an infant, 15-year old Yasanthi Madushani the sister-in-law of Malithi and a 14-year-old from their neighborhood named Charithri Chandrasekaram also known as Sweta.  
 
The three females departed from their apartment in Salamulla on Saturday (14), to visit Malithi’s father at his residence in Orugodawatte. Following their arrival they had left the residence to buy clothes from a nearby boutique and not returned. 

The families of the missing females arrived at the Wellampitiya Police station on October 16, to lodge a formal missing persons report.