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Sub-Inspector linked to decapitated body discovered in Dam Street

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Police have identified a Sub-Inspector attached to the Buttala Police Station as the suspect involved in the murder of a female, found with her head severed in a travelling bag in Colombo.

Police Spokesperson, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that the body was discovered inside a travelling bag abandoned at Dam Street in Colombo on Monday (01).

The body was wrapped in polythene and stuffed inside the travelling bag.

Surveillance footage showed an individual moving around the area with the bag before abandoning it. The suspect had transported the bag in a passenger bus plying from Hanwella.

The bus conductor and driver have confirmed that the suspect had travelled in the bus with the bag.

DIG Rohana said that public assistance has been sought to identify the suspect and the victim.

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