Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- The owner of the house that allegedly provided shelter to the second shooter involved in the recent shooting and killing of a lawyer and his wife at a supermarket's parking lot in Akuregoda has been arrested.

According to the police, the suspect was taken into custody this afternoon (26) by the Monaragala Police at a residence in the Diviyapola area of Nannapurawa, Medagama.

He is scheduled to be handed over to the Western Province South Crime Division for further investigations, police said.

The Western Province South Crime Division has detained the second shooter who was arrested in Monaragala yesterday (25) in connection with the double murder and has been detained for 72 hours for interrogation.

During questi...