The police yesterday shot dead two underworld figures in
two separate incidents at Madiwela and Ratmalana. The police said that
the suspects had been arrested earlier and the police had taken them to
hideouts where they claimed to have hidden some weapons.
A senior security official told The Island that police
officers had to open fire as ‘Army Chaminda’ made an attempt to throw a
hand grenade at the police party.
The police identified the other gangster as ‘Maligawatte
pappa’ alias Mohammed Anumadeen Mohammed Silvan (35) shot dead by police
at Ratmalana after he grabbed a T-56 assault weapon and opened fire at
policemen accompanying him to a hideout. The police said that Silvan had
wounded two personnel before police shot him down.
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