Shan Putha’ and two others to be detained for 7 days
Three suspects, including popular Sri Lankan rapper and singer Amila Kaushan Gunaratne, known by his stage name ‘Shan Putha’, have been ordered to be detained for 7 days for questioning following their arrest for the possession of a firearm.
The suspects were produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court yesterday (14).
‘Shan Putha’ was arrested by the Homagama Police on the same day with a 9mm firearm in his possession.
Along with him, two other individuals were taken into custody: Keshara Ishan, Shan Putha’s manager from Urubokka, and Police Constable Chandika Srimal, attached to the Mannar Police. Preliminary police investigations revealed that Constable Chandika Srimal had stolen the firearm from the Matara Kotawila Police Station and subsequently provided it to the artist.
The three suspects were produced before the Matara Magistrate at around 10 p.m. yesterday (14).
