90-day detention order for ‘Polgasowita Dila’

2026-02-21 - 05:57

The Western Province South Crimes Division yesterday (20) obtained permission to detain and question for 90 days, a suspect known as ‘Polgasowita Dila’, who was arrested on suspicion of transporting weapons in connection with the shooting and killing of a lawyer and his wife in Akuregoda. The suspect, a 28-year-old man, was arrested on the afternoon of the 17th in the Polgasowita area. A lawyer and his wife were shot dead last Friday afternoon in Akuregoda, Talangama. Subsequently, on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, 12 police teams were appointed to conduct investigations into the incident. Accordingly, during the investigations, officers of the Western Province South District Crimes Division arrested two brothers in Kottawa on the afternoon of the 16th for transporting the firearms used by the gunmen in the killing. Based on information revealed during the questioning of those suspects, this individual was arrested. Police investigations have further revealed that the two youths transported the firearms on his instructions, and that he too, had been involved in the operation.