Wanted to kill and commit suicide ... but because of girl friend in the village, that idea changed -- Kottawa Tharindi's killer confesses

Wanted to kill and commit suicide ... but because of girl friend in the village, that idea changed -- Kottawa Tharindi's killer confesses

The lover of Tharindi Aloka (the 26 year old girl) after killing her in her house down Horana Road, Kottawa surrendered to police day-before-yesterday and had made a confession of how he killed her.

He has admitted there that he had prepared himself in advance for the crime and that he had hid in the balcony of the house the day before the incident, thus confirming the information secured by the police. The 29 year old suspect living in Hakmana, Matara had come to that house of the crime the

day before the tragic incident to meet the girl and those in her house and on that occasion an exchange of words had taken place. The cause for this incidentally was that the suspect, the young businessman who was prepared to take the hand of Tharindi in marriage by maintaining a romantic connection with her for a period of 2 years had kept on an attachment with another young girl too in Matara Hakmana area, unknown to Tharindi and after this situation came to light, she had exposed this to that girl across the telephone and paved the way for that connection to shatter which incidentally provoked this aforesaid argument.

Tharindi who had been following a course of studies in Beauty Culture had been keeping her fingers crossed to migrate to Japan for furthering her studies after marrying the assailant. But as a result of bleak news streaming in during the past few months she had blamed him incessantly for her plans being confused. Whatever it is, the youth who seriously reprimanded Tharindi for confusing his personal life left the girl's house in a fit of anger that evening gripped with an anger planning to kill her and finally put an end to his life too.

The suspect who thought that he should delay no further about the plan, armed himself with a knife and having waited till dusk enveloped the environment had stealthily approached the girl's home and after scaling the wall of the house had stayed in hiding on the balcony of the 3rd floor with the sole motive of killing Tharindi. Thus he had stuck himself to a corner of the balcony without any sleep and as he knew the activities taking place in the house had been keeping his fingers crossed for a moment when he could confront Tharindi, without anybody in sight. He was aware of the time that Tharindi's mother and father would set off to the wholesale shop "Ranjith Stores"  adjoining their house down Horana Road, Kottawa which belonged to them and at what time her sister was to leave in the school van to school.

Later, when the time was around 9 in the morning he said that he knew that she was in her room and therefore he had come down and had entered through a door in the house and approached Tharindi, the suspect told police. When he thus went to that bedroom he had explained all matters to Tharindi and even at that instance she had looked down upon him and scolded him, it is mentioned in his confession. He had finally told police that it was under those circumstances that he attacked her on the neck and other regions of her body from the knife he had brought concealed with him. Having remained a few moments watching this macabre scene of death of Tharindi who had thus died in a pool of blood had then thought of committing suicide himself. However, before that he had taken a call to his girl friend in his village and told her "I killed Tharindi ... I am also going to die!" the suspect who surrendered to police confessed.

His village girl friend who had not been on god terms with him because of this dual romance issue though got upset had not spoken anything negative to him but instead consoled him saying "You don't take your life". and because of her kind words which left hopes for him had ultimately dropped the idea of taking his life, he stated. As such he had taken measures to get away from the house. As a consequence, this incident of murder had turned out to be a sensational piece of news and the police were on his tracks and because he was not in a position to escape them he had surrendered under instructions of an attorney-at-law, he had mentioned.

The suspect who surrendered to police was directed to a medical examination yesterday (25) to Homagama Hospital and later was produced before Homagama Magistrate Court. After being produced before Homagama Acting Magistrate Mrs. Priyanka Maddumahewa Patabendige, was remanded till the 4th of next month.

Previous news report about the incident

Lover who was angered over breaking up dual romance and murdered Kottawa girl had come previous night and hid in balcony!  Read Here