13 December 2022 06:38 am Views - 760
By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya
The driver of the Mercedes, a businessman Mohammad Ryzul Rizzaq who was involved in a fatal accident in Kollupitiya on Saturday morning while returning from a night club, had left for Dubai hours after the accident, police said. Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said the 24-year-old suspect had reportedly left for Dubai at around 9.55 a.m on Saturday, hours after the fatal accident.
Investigations revealed that the suspect owns three Mercedes cars under his name in Sri Lanka and the payments for those vehicles were received from Dubai. Police also recorded a statement from the suspect’s mother.
A 58 year-old three-wheeler driver from Kahathuduwa, had died when the car returning from a night club crashed into a three wheeler in Kollupitiya at around 6.15 a.m on Saturday.
The driver of the car had fled the scene after the accident. Police said three women and another man were in the car at the time of the accident and the two women aged 29 and 31 were also injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.
The Kollupitiya police have recorded statements from the other two passengers who were in the car. It was reported that the suspect driver had two addresses, one in Dehiwala and another in Wellampitiya. However, he was staying in a room at a leading Colombo hotel.
Police said the suspect was partying from Friday evening till around 5 a.m on Saturday at the club and three women who were inside the car at the time of the accident had been picked up by him at a night club. SSP Thalduwa said that police would seek INTERPOL assistance to bring back the suspect. A travel ban will also be imposed on the suspect though the court. Following the accident, a video had gone viral on social media showing a couple of onlookers assaulting a female passenger of the car after the accident .Accordingly, the Kollupitiya Police arrested two women for assaulting the passenger and investigations are underway to arrest another woman. The spokesman said the arrested women will be produced in court. The Kollupitiya Police are investigating.