The Matale Police are investigating an incident in which two hairdressers were abducted, held in a cave and beaten up, causing serious injuries .
According to reports, two people were abducted, brutally beaten up, cut with a sword and injured in a cave in a forest in the Ovilikanda area of Matale, and one person was seriously injured by throwing a stone at his head. Several suspects were arrested by the Crime Investigation Division of the Matale Headquarters Police on the 22nd in connection with this incident.
The two people who were working as hairdressers in Matale town have been subjected to such abuse. The police say that the individuals have been admitted to the Matale District General Hospital in critical condition. Thye were abducted with a black colour van and that van also been arrested .
Police say that the suspects fled and were hiding in the Laggala areas after they were hit on the head with a stone, thinking that they might have died.
The Matale Headquarters Police say that a man living in Korea planned this abduction to stop his wife’s extramarital affair. It is reported that the Sri Lankan in Korea paid Rs. 1 million to abduct, torture and kill the two women.
The suspects were produced before Matale Acting Magistrate Jaliya Dharmakirthi and have been remanded until the 6th.