Police recover bloodied body of woman

Husband found hanging from a tree

The Tangalle Police recovered the bodies of a woman who had been hacked to death and of her husband hanging from a tree in Kudawella. They were parents of a child, police said.

They said the body of the woman, identified as D. Chiranga Imalsha (22), was found from a house at Kudawella and that of her husband, Y.G. Darshana (26), hanging from a tree a little distant from the house.

Police said several stab injuries were observed in the face and an incise wound in the neck of the woman. Investigations revealed that she had been alone in the house at the time of the murder.

A senior police officer said the husband might have committed suicide after killing his wife. He

Police said several stab injuries were observed in the face and an incise wound in the neck of the woman. Investigations revealed that she had been alone in the house at the time of the murder

said the circumstances that led to the incident were yet to be established.

Tangalle Acting Magistrate Ranjith Gunasekara who visited the scene and held the preliminary magisterial inquiry ordered the police to refer the bodies for postmortem examination.

Crime Investigations OIC Inspector Ananda Rangana, SI Ajith Nishantha, Sergeant 44923 Nishantha, PCS 52752 Ruwan, 73055 Sampath and 60830 Mahesh are conducting further investigations on the instructions of Tangalle Police HQI Lalith Hettiarachchi, ASP B.M.M. Dasanayake, SP Laksiri Geethal and DIG Kithsiri Jayalath.