The Kalutara Division Criminal Investigation Bureau has started investigations and to arrest several close relatives of the millionaire businessman Anuradha Sampath Kudagoda (57), who is the owner of a liquor store in Panadura Pingwatta.
Investigations have revealed that the shooter and the motorcyclist who were arrested yesterday (05) in connection with this murder are also two acquaintances of this millionaire businessman. These two suspects are residents of Thelikada Ginimaldeniya.
A motorcyclist is a bus conductor as well as a driver. The shooter is a soil businessman. Apart from that, investigations have revealed that he is also involved in business activities related to land transactions.
Investigations have revealed that the murdered millionaire businessman is also a resident of Telikada. Investigations further revealed that he had come to live in kadawatha , Kirillawala after marriage. Investigations have revealed that his married wife is also from Thelikada Investigations have revealed that the girl who was her friend in that marriage has now become the mistress of this businessman and that marriage is not a registered marriage. She is a teacher in a school in Kalutara. According to the investigation, the three-storied house he was building in Pingwatte was for her.
Investigations have revealed that the businessman is ready to divorce his married wife and marry his mistress, the teacher. This murder also takes place during that time.
It has now been revealed that the arrested shooter and the motorcyclist who committed the murder given a contract for 20 lakh rupees. Investigations have revealed that the shooter as well as the motorcyclist have no connection to previous crimes and got involved in this crime for 20 lakh rupees. The contract was given to them both by a relative of the businessman. A senior police officer said that the relative may be a member of the wife’s party. The official said that apart from that relative, another person very close to the businessman was involved in this murder.
The shooter and the motorcyclist had come from Telikada on a motorcycle to shoot and kill the businessman. It has been revealed that the motorcycle belongs to the rider and was taken on lease in the name of another person. It has been revealed from the questioning of the arrested suspects that the two of them had been guarding the way of the businessman in the morning and when the businessman stopped his jeep and was talking to them, they shot the businessman once and fled on the motorcycle.
After reaching the main road, the shooter boarded a bus and ran away, while the motorcyclist had gone to a side road in Wadduwa area to change the number of the motorcycle. There, the face of a person residing in a house on that road is recorded on his mobile phone. After the incident, he left the motorcycle and ran away. Police information revealed that the officers of the Kalutara Division Criminal Investigation Bureau have been able to solve the murder mystery of this businessman by revealing information regarding the registration of the motorcycle’s chassis number and engine number through the video footage. The police said that many more details of the murder will be revealed soon after the other suspects are arrested.
