Thusitha Maduranga alias Matara Malli, and Kalum Indika alias Kavuma were his first choices. Matara Malli was infamous in the South and had been released on bail a few months before. We are from the Police Narcotics Unit”, bellowed Matara Malli wielding a pistol and posing as a policeman. When Jaye Mudalali resisted and tried to hide the diamond, Matara Malli knocked him out with his pistol butt. The robbers locked up Jaye Mudalali and other merchants in a room and looted the valuables in the house for about half an hour.

Source: The Nation November 08, 2020 00:00 UTC