Suspect taken into custody with the remote controller used to blast bomb in Piliyandala

(Lanka-e-News,) Piliyandala police says that they have arrested two Tamils and a Sinhalese with the remote controller used to detonate the bomb in a passenger bus at Piliyandala. The arrested persons are the residents of Vavuniya, Piliyandala (Miriswaththa) and Chilaw (Madampe). The Tamil youth of Miriswaththa and the Sinhalese youth of Madampe are the workers of Penguin garment factory.

Thirty persons were killed and 63 were injured in the explosion. Following information received by Piliyandala police, a Sinhalese and a Tamil were arrested from a rented house near Delthara Podi Pansala and another person who was a resident of Miriswaththa was also looked for to be arrested. He was not at home at that moment and later he surrendered to police with his wife.

Special Task Force recovered the remote controller used for the bomb explosion from a paddy field in Millagahawaththa, Delthara following information obtained from the Tamil youth of Vavuniya. He has arrived in Delthara area three weeks before the explosion.

 Police says that the suspects are further interrogated.

Residents of the area have destroyed the house of the Sinhala suspect.