Sri Lanka, Nov. 7 -- Manoj Muthukumarana, commonly known as "Kaiwaru Muthu" and suspected of belonging to an organized criminal gang, has been remanded until November 19. The remand order was delivered by Kaduwela Magistrate Aruna Indrajith following the suspect's court appearance.

Muthukumarana was arrested upon his deportation from Dubai, intercepted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers at the airport, and subsequently transferred to the Western Province South Crimes Division. Investigators held and questioned him under a 72-hour detention order prior to his court presentation.

The suspect faces multiple charges relating to the execution, planning, and abetment of murders, and is already named in several pending magistr...