The Peliyagoda North Crime Division says that a person who assisted in the shooting of Dhammarathana Thero in Kalapaluva at Kehel Kanda Kahatana Sri Ghanarama Temple in Malvatuhiripitiya and in Seeduwa area has been arrested at Raddalugama National Housing Complex.
It is said that along with the suspect, a life grenade made in Sri Lanka and 6100 mg of ice drug have been taken into custody by the police.
Police say that the arrested suspect was attached to the Special Forces of the 4th Gemunu Hewa Battalion of the Sri Lanka Army in 2007 and escaped in 2017.