Killed the neighbor for not being invited to the drinking party.

While a few friends were drinking alcohol together, a phone call requesting permission to join another party at a nearby house and the ensuing argument ended with one person losing their life. Police say that a person who made a living doing odd jobs was murdered by a neighbor who arrived in a three-wheeler in the Galpatha, Mulgoda Kanda area, which belongs to the Anguruwatota Police Division, by stabbing him in the chest with a white iron sword about two feet long.

The person murdered was 41-year-old Maddumage Nandana, an unmarried man residing in the same Galpatha, Mulgoda Kanda area. He lived with his mother, doing odd jobs. On the day of the incident, he had gone to a friend's house. Police investigations revealed that he was drinking alcohol there with the homeowner, a three-wheeler driver, and another person.

While they were there, another group was holding a party at the suspect's nearby house, drinking heavily and singing songs. Due to the close proximity of the two houses, the three people at the deceased's house could hear the singing from the party at the suspect's house, and they too developed a desire to join that party.

Investigations revealed that the homeowner of the house where the deceased was staying had called the suspect and asked if he and his group could also come to the party. The police state that the suspect severely scolded them, saying that his wife had left the house because of their gossip, and therefore told them not to come to that location. During this conversation, the deceased, who had taken the phone, also scolded the suspect.

Greatly angered by the phone conversation, the suspect arrived at the deceased's house in a three-wheeler, carrying a sword. Police investigations revealed that he plunged the sharpened white iron sword, about two feet long, into Nandana's chest. However, police state that interrogations of the homeowner revealed that the other two individuals who were with the deceased at the time of the sword attack made no attempt to prevent it.

The seriously injured person was taken by the suspect and the homeowner to Galpatha Hospital in the same three-wheeler the suspect had arrived in. He was later transferred to Horana District General Hospital for further treatment, where he died, according to the police. After the injured person was hospitalized, the suspect fled the scene.

Anguruwatota Police have launched further investigations into the incident. The three-wheeler used by the suspect has been taken into police custody, and statements have been recorded from the other two individuals who were with the deceased at the time of the incident. The police also found one sword inside the house where the incident occurred, and another blood-stained white iron sword, about two feet long, at the base of an Attaeria tree near a well. Police have launched operations to apprehend the main suspect who fled.