Kaiwaru Muthu’ Questioned Under 72-Hour Detention Order

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Western Province South Crimes Division has commenced further questioning into Manoj Muthukumar, alias ‘Kaiwaru Muthu’, an alleged organised criminal and drug trafficker arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, under a 72-hour detention order.

Police said the suspect was arrested yesterday by the Airport Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) upon his arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake. 

He had been arrested in Dubai and subsequently deported to Sri Lanka.

The 30-year-old is a resident of Korathota, Kaduwela.

He is accused of several crimes, including the sexual abuse of a minor girl in Athurugiriya in 2013, the hacking to death of a person in Delgoda in 2016, and the abduction and shooting death of an individual in Nawagamuwa in 2024.

He is also accused of opening fire and causing property damage in front of a business establishment in the Nawagamuwa Police Division in 2024, as well as carrying out petrol bomb attacks on the home of a businessman in Korathota and issuing death threats to individuals over the phone.

Police further stated that legal proceedings have been initiated against him at the Kaduwela and Homagama Magistrates' Courts in connection with these allegations.