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Man who hid body of woman in oven before dumping in well arrested
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The suspect being led away by police after the woman's body was discovered
As underworld killings and shooting incidents continue the number of gruesome murders have increased too.
In one incident reported this week a kottu-bas who allegedly killed a woman and hid her body in a bakery oven before dumping it into a well was arrested by Welimada police.
The victim
The 36-year-old suspect had reportedly had an affair with the 55-year-old woman for several months before she was killed following an argument, Police said.
The man had wrapped the body of the woman and first hidden the body in the bakery oven.
Police believe in a move to mislead the family of the woman, he had thereafter called the family of the woman and claimed she had left with Rs 5,000 to purchase goods for the hotel and not returned. From time to time he had called to check if she had reached home.
He had told the family that she was interested in seeking foreign employment and was not sure if she had visited the agent in Kurunegala.
On the same day, later in the night he had taken the body and dumped into a well in the same premises, burnt her mobile phone and then fled the area.
Welimada Police Chief Inspector H.M.W. Herath said that the investigations began following a complaint by the 21 year old daughter of the woman that she was missing.
Police arrested the man on suspicion and on questioning it was revealed that he had carried out the murder over a dispute.
Pix and text by Welimada K. R. Rajamanthri
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