A fifth suspect involved in the stabbing attack on the notorious drug racketeer ‘Kanjipani Imran’ has been arrested, the Police said.
The 19-year-old, identified as Ronal Silva alias ‘Rogansan’ was taken into custody by the officers of Maligawatte Police at the Sathhiru Sewana apartment complex in Mattakkuliya.
The police previously busted four suspects in connection with the stabbing incident and they were presented before courts earlier today.
One of the suspects were remanded until July 02 and the police were granted permission to detain the other three suspects for 24 hours for interrogation.
On Wednesday evening (17), three individuals, who arrived in a three-wheeler, had attacked Kanjipani Imran’s father using sharp weapons.
The 65-year-old victim, who sustained several cut wounds, was later admitted to the Emergency Treatment Unit (ETU) of the Colombo National hospital for treatment. His condition is not critical, hospital sources had said.
In another development, a CCTV camera has captured an assault carried out by a group of individuals on a civilian at Wanathamulla area in Borella on the 12th of June.
The victim, Udesh Chathuranga, is currently receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Colombo National Hospital.
According to the wife of the injured father of two, the assault was carried out by a group of a drug gang that operates in the area.
She claimed that the assault was carried out in retaliation to the complaint made by the victim regarding the relevant gang’s drug racket in the neighbourhood.
Further accusations are also being levelled that although a complaint had been lodged at the Borella Police Station, the situation worsened due to the lack of action taken by its investigation unit during probes.
The Police Media Division, speaking in this regard, said one suspect linked to the assault was arrested on June 12 while three other suspects surrendered to the police today.
They were remanded until July 02 after being produced before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court.
In the meantime, the Mount Lavinia Police today seized a stock of locally manufactured T-56 cartridges, a plastic pistol, live 9mm and T-56 ammunition and several T-56 shell cases buried at the residence of the suspect arrested over the shooting attack on a restaurant in Soysapura.
The police said the suspect’s mother (56) and another individual was taken into custody in this regard.
