Hikkaduwa Liyanage Sahan Sisikelum alias Weligama Sahan, a member of an organized crime gang, has been arrested at the Katunayake Airport. He was deported to Sri Lanka after being arrested in India recently and was arrested while returning to Sri Lanka from the Katunayake Airport.
Police say that the suspect, a 31-year-old resident of Weligama, has been charged with several crimes including murder and robbery in the Matara and Panadura areas.
It has been revealed that the suspect is a henchman of an organized crime gang leader named Harakkata and has also acted as the main shooter of Midigama Chuti and Kudu Salindu.