A resident of Minuwangoda, who was killed with his hands behind his back and his mouth tied and left in a forest area near a slope near Katakarella Bridge, Nambapana on the Ratnapura road in Ingiriya. His relatives have identified him as Ashoka Bandara,
He is a father of one who works as a taxi driver and lives at Galloluwa Cross Road, Minuwangoda.
On the 15th, a man who was trading oranges near the area where the body was found had given information to the Ingiriya police about the dead body.
When the police officers went to the place and checked, the hands of the victim were tied behind his back with a body belt and a white cloth, and the police said that his mouth was tied with a white cloth.
The police said that only the underwear was on when the body was found.
Police say that the wife of the murdered person is abroad and he is living separately due to a family dispute.
It has been revealed from the police that the murdered person had registered his luxury car in two well-known taxi companies and made a living from the rental trips he received and had a habit of going home occasionally.