A special investigation has revealed that 18 soldiers who escaped from the Army Commando Force have been recruited as hired killers for the underworld gang led by the underworld leader Kehelbaddara Padme, who is abroad.
Police sources also say that about 09 of the former commandos recruited in this way have been arrested by the Peliyagoda Crime Division and are currently in prison after being produced before the courts.
Commando Salintha, who is considered the mastermind of Kehelbaddara Padme’s gang, has been the mastermind behind the creation of a gang of hired killers using former commandos.
It is said that all these former commandos who are hired killers are heavily addicted to drug use. It is reported that Padme and Commando Salintha are planning to use them as hired assassins whenever they need them, by providing them with drugs to use and a monthly living allowance.