Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Constable reported missing in 2008 found murdered

- BY SHEAIN FERNANDOPU­LLE

A 23-year-old police constable, who was reported missing in Kokkadicho­lai in 2008 was found murdered and buried, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said yesterday.

He said three suspects had been arrested by the Criminal Investigat­ion Department (CID) over the killing of the Police Constable.

The PC Nagarasa Prashantha­n, who was attached to the Kokkadicho­lai Police was reported missing by his father on August 1, 2008.

The homicide was revealed by the CID based on the investigat­ions conducted into the killing of two police personnel at the Vavunathiv­u

He said three suspects had been arrested by the Criminal Investigat­ion Department (CID) over the killing of the Police Constable

Police checkpoint on November 30, 2018.

Investigat­ions revealed that the missing constable had been shot dead on July 27, in 2008.

Accordingl­y, the CID has so far arrested three suspects aged 32, 34 and 38 over the killing.

Investigat­ive officers had visited the location where the police constable had been buried by the suspects, to exhume the body based on a court order.

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