Underworld leader 'Athurugiriye Ladiya' arrested in India

Indian media reported today that the Crime Branch-CID police from Coimbatore have arrested underworld figure Chanuka Thananayaka alias ‘Athurugiriye Ladiya’, a close aide of Sri Lankan underworld kingpin ‘Angoda Lokka’, from Bengaluru on Saturday.

 

Indian Police said Chanuka Thananayaka, hailing from Athurugiriya in Colombo was a most wanted criminal in Sri Lanka and that the sleuths also arrested another man, identified as T Gopalakrishnan alias Jayapal, 46 for providing shelter to Thananayaka in Bengaluru.