Suspect who stole District judges car demands Rs.500,000 to return it

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya  

The suspect who stole the car belonging to the Kuliyapitiya Additional District Judge which was valued at Rs.6 million has telephoned the magistrate and demanded Rs. 500,000 to return the car and documents in the car.  

Police launched an investigation after the official car of the Kuliyapitiya Additional District Judge Amila Sri Sampath was stolen from Madapatha in Piliyandala.
The District judge had been locked up in his house by the suspect who had then stolen his car.  

Police said the magistrate had contacted the police after receiving a call from the suspect who had stolen his car who had claimed that he was unware that the owner of the car was a magistrate.  

He told the magistrate that he came to know of his profession through the newspapers. He had then demanded Rs.500,000 to return the car.

It was reported that the Magistrate had not responded to the demand made by the suspect. Police said investigations had been underway to arrest the suspect through the mobile phone number used to call the Additional District Judge.

However, investigations had revealed that the suspect had used a  SIM card obtained under the name of a deceased woman. The woman in question was born in 1960 and she had died a few years ago.  

-The District judge had been locked up in his house by the suspect who had then stolen his car