The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Kundasale Police Training School has been arrested by the Nuwara Eliya Police in connection with the murder of the physiotherapist whose body was discovered inside a car in Theldeniya.
Police stated that the OIC was arrested on allegations of aiding and abetting the crime.
He was taken into custody by officers of the Walana Central Anti-Corruption Unit.
According to police, the arrest was made on suspicion that the officer assisted the main suspect and his wife in evading arrest by helping them remain in hiding.
Meanwhile, the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate’s Court has granted approval to detain and interrogate the previously arrested main suspect, his wife, and another suspect for a period of 48 hours.
The body of the female physiotherapist was discovered inside a motor vehicle near Theldeniya Hospital on June 17. A post-mortem examination revealed that the cause of death was strangulation.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing, said police.
