"I killed Dragon Sampath" - Underworld operative 'Dubai Danuka' informs

The sound of gunshots heard on the morning of the 9th near the 'Dragon' Hotel located at Gallassa Junction on the Kalutara - Mathugama main road did not end just one life. After the demise of the hotel owner, who breathed his last at the scene that day, his wife, who had been fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nagoda Teaching Hospital in Kalutara, also passed away yesterday (11) morning.

Behind the tragedy of 54-year-old Thusara Sampath Edirisinghe and his 50-year-old wife Shiromi Priyadarshani, residents of Polwatta Goda, Dodangoda, lies a rejection and an underworld operation allegedly orchestrated from Dubai.

On October 9th, around 7:30 AM, the couple was arriving at the hotel. As Thusara Sampath was suffering from an eye injury due to a previous acid attack, his wife was driving the vehicle. As soon as they reached the hotel, two unknown gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on them with a T56 assault rifle. According to the police, the gunmen continued firing until the magazine of the firearm was completely empty.

After this brutal double murder, the police reveal that an organized criminal named 'Danuka', believed to be hiding in Dubai, made several phone calls claiming responsibility for the killings. Police investigations have revealed that the reason for this murder was an incident that occurred on July 23rd. On that day, two individuals arrived at the 'Dragon' Hotel on a motorcycle, handed a phone to the hotel owner, and said, "Danuka is speaking." The hotel owner then rejected their request for a room at the hotel to play cards for money.

Currently, several suspects related to this murder incident have been apprehended. One suspect connected to the incident was arrested by Police Special Task Force officers in the Valachchenai area of Batticaloa with 'Ice' (crystal methamphetamine) and handed over to the South Kalutara Police. Additionally, two more individuals have been arrested on charges of aiding and abetting the murder. One of them is a 39-year-old chef residing in Alkekanda Bombuwala, who is the husband of Danuka's wife's sister, who is in Dubai. The other suspect is a 19-year-old youth who manufactures and sells beverage packets.

It has been revealed that these two suspects taken into police custody were previously involved in several offenses. They had been arrested on several previous occasions by the South Kalutara and Dodangoda police stations on charges of possessing 'Ice' (crystal methamphetamine) and cannabis, gambling for money, possessing a three-wheeler without documents, assaulting and injuring two people with a sharp weapon, and driving under the influence.

After the arrested suspects were referred to the Judicial Medical Officer at Kalutara Teaching Hospital yesterday (11), detention orders were to be obtained for them.