Sri Lanka, April 30 -- Kohuwala Police yesterday said that an unmarried elderly lawyer who lived alone in a house in Kalubowila has been murdered on her bed and her property was stolen.

The deceased has been identified as Chandani Satharasinghe, 64, of De Silva Road, Kalubowila. Police said that he had a brother who is living in Canada.

She has been in contact with him on the phone. It has been revealed during the Police investigation that the two of them were in contact by phone the last time on February 15.

A person residing in the Mirihana area, who is a friend of the Canadian resident brother, had come to the Kohuwala Police Station yesterday afternoon and filed a complaint after the latter's relative told him to inform the Kohuwal...