Wanted suspect evading arrest nabbed

A suspect wanted in connection with a series of criminal offences who was believed to have drowned in the sea was arrested by the Ratgama Police when he was evading arrest under a misnomer.

He was produced before the Galle Additional Magistrate Kesara Samaradivakara and remanded till June 10, 2015. The suspect Arumahandi Tilak Shanth de Silva (42) as a resident of Werellana in Hikkaduwa. Investigations revealed that in 2010 he had left his clothes and his cellular phone on the beach and fled

He had left his clothes and his cellular phone on the beach and fled by bus giving the impression that he drowned while bathing in the sea. His relatives had performed religious rites and reported the death to the police and other relevant authorities.

by bus giving the impression that he drowned while bathing in the sea. His relatives had performed religious rites and reported the death to the police and other relevant authorities.

However, when a team of police officers checked a suspicious motorcycle, the rider had produced his driving licence, and the national identity card bearing his name as Moratuwa Modara Hewage Roshan Perera. The police further questioned him on suspicion to find that was the wanted man Arumahandi Tilak Shantha de Silva who was believed to have drowned. Police said a series of complaints against him at the Hikkaduwa, Metiyagoda and Nawagamuwa police stations were pending. Investigations revealed he had been using a motorcycle stolen from the Pinwatta area of Panadura.