4 September 2023 02:48 pm Views - 5858
A woman, a Psychiatric Counsellor by profession, has been hacked to death in a room of a hotel in Neralu Uyana in Battaramulla and her body was recovered by Thalangama police.
Preliminary investigations revealed that she had been staying in the hotel with another individual who often went out and returned and he had gone out for the last time on Saturday (02).
Police said the hotel employees had tapped on the door without any response when they noticed the disappearance of the woman and the other individual. They had forcibly opened the door to find the body of the woman lying in a pool of blood.
The deceased was identified as Sujatha Manabharana (46), from Haputhale.
Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO) of the Nugegoda police and the Crime Investigation Branch of Thalangama police are conducting further investigations. (K. Buddhika Kumarasiri)