Suspect arrested in Nuwara Eliya lodging-house murder inquiry

A 27-year-old man was arrested near the Nuwara Eliya bus stand on the night of November 12 in connection with the killing of a woman at a lodging establishment in Magastota, police said. The killing was reported on November 10.

Police said officers investigating the death acted on information received to locate and arrest the suspect. He was described in the Tamil account as the woman's boyfriend. That reported relationship does not establish a motive or prove responsibility for her death.

Investigators also said he was wanted over an alleged escape from police custody on November 10.

Nuwara Eliya police are continuing their investigation, with arrangements reported for the suspect to be produced before the local Magistrate's Court. An arrest is not a finding of guilt. No completed hearing, conviction or sentence has been established in the accounts reviewed.