Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- Former Inspector of Police (IP) Jagath Nishantha, who was wanted over the 2023shooting incident near the W15 Hotel in Weligama and had fled overseas, was arrested yesterday upon returning to Sri Lanka, police said.

The Matara Magistrate's Court had previously ordered the arrest of 8 former officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD), including former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, and to name them as suspects in the shooting incident that took place in front of the W15 Hotel in the Pelena area of Weligama, Matara on December 31, 2023.

On December 31, 2023, a team of officers from the Colombo Crimes Division had traveled to the Weligama area in Matara allegedly with the intention of arresting a group of individuals ass...