Brigadier remanded over wife’s murder

Brigadier Chandana Rupasinghe, Brigade Commander of the 213 Division in Puttalam was yesterday remanded until December 4 on suspicion of killing his wife, K.P.K.D. Thejangani in Makola, Kelaniya.

Sapugaskanda OIC M.P.E. Jayaweera said that the Brigadier had been questioned regarding the killing as his personal revolver had been allegedly used for the killing. The Brigadier had initially told police that his wife had committed suicide, but after further questioning by police he was produced before Gampaha Magistrate Anura Kumara Dissanayake who remanded him.