Wife Arrested in Connection with 2018 Retired Soldier Murder in Kirindiwela

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a 49-year-old woman in connection with the abduction and murder of a retired Army soldier that occurred on September 9, 2018, in the Kirindiwela area. The arrest, made yesterday (07) in Narangaspitiya, Kirindiwela, is a significant development in the ongoing investigation by the CID's Homicide and Organised Crime Investigation Division. The suspect, identified as the deceased soldier's wife, is accused of aiding and abetting the crime and conspiring to commit the offence. This breakthrough follows information received by investigators regarding the 2018 incident.