The court has ordered the handover of the mobile phone of former National Lottery Board Chairman Thusitha Halloluwa to the CID. This is in connection with the investigations being conducted into the shooting incident that took place behind his car in the Narahenpita area on the 17th.
Six people have been arrested in connection with this incident and the investigation is progressing based on their interrogation.
The arrested people have revealed that this shooting was carried out on a contract given by an organized criminal hiding in Dubai for a sum of two hundred thousand rupees. In addition, the criminal had also told the motorcyclist to snatch the file at the time of the shooting.