Thursday, October 21, 2004

Alleged killers of taxi driver remanded By M.W. Somaratne

Three suspects who were taken into custody at Rattota in Matale for allegedly killing a trishaw driver and throwing the body into a well before robbing his trishaw were remanded till October 26, police said.

The victim was identified as Kappidiyal Mohamad Ameer (27) a father of three children and a resident of Vavuniya. The suspects, Pathiranalage Priyantha Samarasekera, Maithripala and Gamini Dissanayake were arrested on a tip off and were produced before Matale chief Magistrate Siri Rajapakse.

Inquiries have revealed that on October 12 the suspects had hired the trishaw at Vavuniya and the driver had been later killed at Setikulam.