The dead body of a person who died under suspicious circumstances was found in the garden of a house in Dehiwala.

A suspicious dead body of a person has been found in the Dehiwala area, and the police suspect it to be a murder.

The incident was reported in the garden of a house in Hilda Place, Dehiwala. The deceased is a male approximately 46 years old. The police commenced investigations after receiving information regarding the body via the police emergency hotline. The police suspect this could be a murder, and further investigations are underway in this regard.

The house is located in front of a workshop in the Dehiwala area, and it has been revealed that a person residing at Sanjayapura Medical Road, Dehiwala, has been murdered in this manner. The police suspect that this murder occurred due to an assault. Acting Magistrate Geethma Fernando of Mount Lavinia has conducted the magisterial inquiry into this matter.