COLOMBO (News 1st); Police investigations are currently underway to arrest the suspects involved in the assault and murder of a Police Constable in the Vithaarandeniya area in Tangalle.

Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated that the chief suspect of the case has already been identified by Tangalle Police.

The deceased was a 34 year old Police Constable named Chathuranga Dilshan. He was attached to the Tourist Police Division of the Expressway, stationed at the Kasagala Exit.

He was a 34-year-old father of one and was a resident of Tangalle.

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