The body of a Chinese national, who is suspected to have been abducted from the Colombo Port City, has been found concealed in a wooded area at Gatekade, Karandana, in Eheliyagoda.
Police said that preliminary investigations revealed that, in the early hours of today (20), three Chinese nationals who had arrived at the Colombo Port City area in a cab to go fishing were attacked by another group of Chinese nationals who arrived in two vehicles.
During the incident, one of the Chinese nationals was abducted. Police also stated that a van used by the victims had been abandoned at the scene.
An air pistol was recovered from the van.
Meanwhile, police officers from Eheliyagoda Police Station, who had gone to the Karandana Gatekade area to conduct an illegal liquor raid, discovered a suspicious pile of stones in a nearby wooded area.
Upon examining the site, officers noticed what appeared to be part of a human hand protruding from between