Bombuwala Devage Suranga Sanjeewa Karunaratne alias ‘Matiya’, who is suspected of being the shooter of Kehelbaddara Padme, who is currently being held on a detention order, was arrested at the Katunayake Airport yesterday afternoon.
He was arrested while in Malaysia and deported to Sri Lanka from that country. When he returned to Sri Lanka last night (25), he was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department officers and handed over to the Western Province North Crime Division for further investigations.
The 41-year-old man is a resident of Yagodamulla, Kotugoda, and an international red notice has been issued against him.
The suspect has been charged with shooting dead a group of people including “Paspodda” and injuring others near the Gampaha court premises in July 2022.