It was reported by the Kotahena Police that his life was saved when the target of the ambush carried out in Kotahena Ibbagewatta Junction area targeting the brother of an organized criminal and drug dealer “Welle Suranga”.
“Sanath Ruwan of Gamage, the brother of Walle Suranga, a resident of Kotahena Rock House area, was going to court number six in Aluthkade to appear in a case related to a dispute with his wife. At the Ibbagewatta Junction area, a car stopped in front of the three-wheeler on the left and a person got out of it and fired a T-56 firearm. It is reported that the driver of the tricycle ran away and at the same time the brother of “Welle Suranga” who was in the back of the tricycle also ran away.
But the shot hit the floor and the wall of the place and four empty cartridges were found at the place and Kotahena Police station chief Inspector D.J.R.S. It is reported that on the instructions of Mr. Nishantha Kumara, Chief Inspector NP Lihinikula, Station Commander of the Crime Division, will carry out further investigations on this matter.
