Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- The car suspected to have been used by the gunmen involved in the double homicide that took place at Akuregoda in Thalangama, has been found on an access road in the Kuttiyawatta area of Agaliya, Galle.

The Nugegoda Divisional Crimes Investigation Bureau stated that the vehicle was on fire at the time it was discovered.

Police said they had received information that the car allegedly used in the killing of attorney-at-law Buddhika Mallawarachchi and his wife had been abandoned in the Agaliya area. Upon arriving at the location, officers observed that the vehicle was engulfed in flames.

Police suspect that the double murder was led by an underworld figure currently hiding overseas, identified as Jayalath Silva, als...