The dead body found in a jeep parked in the Diyabete area was from a homicide, The two main suspects arrested along with the jewelry of the deceased

The burnt body of a 50-year-old businessman from the Millawa area of Kurunegala was found from a jeep parked in a forest in the Diyabete area of Maho on 26.06.2025.

Since the Maho Police Station revealed that this was an act of homicide, several police teams initiated investigations in search of the suspects to arrest them on the instructions of the Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the North Western Province.

Accordingly, a team of officers including the Officer in Charge of the Mawathagama Police Station has succeeded in arresting two suspects from Doratiyawa and Maho who were in possession of cash worth over Rs. 1.4 million and gold jewelry that the businessman was wearing worth over Rs. 4.8 million.

The two 19 and 27-year-old individuals taken into custody of the Maho Police Station, are residents of the Maho and Pilessa areas.

Further police investigations are under way.