Kilinochchi Police has arrested a suspect today in connection with the murders of the two police constables in Vavunathivu, Police Media Spokesperson said.
The arrested suspect is a 48 year old named Rasanayagam Sarvanandam.
Two police constables attached to Vavunativu Police Station were shot dead while they were on duty at the Vavunativu checkpoint Thursday (29).
One of the two deceased policemen was identified as a 35-year-old police constable named Niroshan Indika Prasanna, who had been residing in Galle. The other constable has been identified as a 28-year-old named Ganesh Dinesh, a resident of Kalmunai area.
Preliminary police investigations conducted by the CID had uncovered that officer Dinesh suffered a gunshot to the head, while officer Indika suffered cut wounds across his neck.
The Criminal Investigation Department deployed a special team Batticoloa yesterday for further investigations.
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