Sri Lanka, July 16 -- The body of a man suspected to have been murdered was found in a canal in the Galagahena area in Pitipana, Homagama, early this morning, the Homagama Headquarters Police said.

The police stated the body lay in a canal about 45 metres away from an auction land located near the canal in the Galagahena area.

Officers recovered a pair of slippers suspected to belong to the deceased and a twenty-rupee note from the auction land.

The deceased was identified as a father of two residing on Samagi Mawatha in Kadanawatta, Pitipana, Homagama.

The victim, an employee at a garment factory, left his residence on a motorcycle at around 7:00 p.m. last night to transport an individual for hire.

A complaint regarding his disappea...