Following direct discussions led by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) with the Government of India, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, and Indian security authorities—coordinated through the Minister of Public Security and the Secretary to the Ministry a notorious organized criminal who was the subject of an international Red Notice has been repatriated to Sri Lanka from India by air.
The suspect was taken into custody on the evening of 24 January 2026 upon arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, by a team of officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). He was subsequently handed over to the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Keselwatte Police for further investigations.
The suspect, a 34-year-old resident of Keselwatte, is facing legal proceedings in court over a series of serious offences, including a murder committed using sharp weapons within the Keselwatte Police Division in 2015, aiding and abetting a shooting and murder in the Kotahena Police Division in 2018, assaulting an individual with a sharp weapon in the Mattakkuliya Police Division in 2021, possession of a live grenade in the Kotahena Police Division in the same year, as well as involvement in robbery and the possession of narcotic drugs within the Keselwatte, Wellawatte, and Bloemendhal Police Divisions.
