A 26-year-old Police Constable has been arrested for aiding the shooting of underworld kingpin Ganemulla Sanjeewa inside a Colombo court complex this week.
According to the Police, the Police Constable was arrested on suspicions of having maintained close links to the female suspect.
He was arrested by officials from the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) while at the Negombo Police Station yesterday.
The Police Constable has been identified as a 26-year-old resident of Padeniya, attached to the Negombo Police.
CCD officials have also found the female suspect’s number saved on the Police Constable’s mobile phone, with a probe underway.
Underworld kingpin Ganemulla Sanjeewa was shot dead after taking the witness stand at a Colombo courthouse on Wednesday by a man disguised as a lawyer.
Preliminary investigations had found that a female suspect also disguised as a lawyer had concealed the weapon in a law book and handed it over to the suspect, within the court premises.
A total of three suspects, including the shooter, have been arrested in connection to the murder, while the female suspect is yet to be apprehended. (Newswire)
