It is reported that the body of a mother of two children who was strangled to death was found behind a house in Kalutara North.
Early this morning (27th), a person saw the woman lying with cuts on her neck behind the house and alerted the police.
The police have stated that the person who was murdered was a woman named Premavathy of Vikramarachchi who was a resident of Kalido Road, Kalutara North.
A senior police officer has stated that Kalutara crime scene laboratory officers and several special police teams have started investigations.