COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Foreign Employment Bureau says that an investigation has been launched into the death of a Sri Lankan national who died under suspicious circumstances while being employed in Qatar.

A senior official of the Bureau said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) have taken steps to bring the body of the deceased to the country.

The deceased has been identified as D.T. Ranjith a resident of Anamaduwa. Ranjith left the country on 14th July 2016,for employment in Qatar.

Ranjith’s wife told News First that her husband had mentioned that two of his co-workers were attempting to kill him.

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