Police sources say that between last night (28) and the early hours of today (29), the body of a person who committed suicide was found in a house in the Yahalathenna area of the Peradeniya Police Division. He is the Opposition Leader of the Yatinuwara Pradeshiya Sabha.
It is reported that a woman and a young girl were found dead in the same house, and that the two have been identified as the wife and daughter of the person who committed suicide. The cause of the death of the woman and daughter is not reported, and the Peradeniya Police have initiated investigations.