Operations conducted by the Police Organized Crimes Division and the STF resulting in the recent killing of Rumalsha Iresh Madushanka Nawagamuwa alias Baila has destabilised operations of underworld figures Makandure Madush and Angoda Lokka.
Madush is suspected to be in hiding in Dubai and Angoda Lokka is abroad, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.
The Police Spokesman said it has been revealed that Iresh Madushanka’s death was a blow to Madush as he was the key figure operating Madush’s underworld activities and managing his funds locally.
His death will affect the finances of Madush who had been depending on Iresh to send him funds collected from illegal drug operations in Sri Lanka. He had been operating his drug operation through the Easy Cash system.
Investigations had revealed that the bail money Rs.5 million required for the release of Rumalsha Iresh Madushanka Nawagamuwa had been sent by Makandure Madush as Iresh was his key disciple operating his drug and extortion ring.
Iresh was killed on June 9 in a shootout with the Police Special Task Force in the Wattegama area in Kandy.He had 18 cases pending against him. SP Gunasekara told the Daily News that the duo were involved in ransom and armed robberies and killings in the Ranala, Athurugiriya and Homagama areas.
Iresh Madushanka had been remanded over these cases and he appealed for bail and was granted by the Avissawella High Court on March 20.
Despite his bail conditions being that he had to appear before the Athurugiriya and Homagama Police every Saturday and Sunday respectively, he did not honour his bail conditions.
STF investigators had been receiving information regarding many of his underworld activities from another prominent underworld figure who is also a close friend of his. Police had discovered that Iresh had many concubines in various areas while his wife and four-year-old daughter lived in Imbulgoda. He had spend a major portion of his drug money to maintain these women, the police said.
A day before he was killed in the shootout with the STF, Iresh had thrown a party at his brother’s home in Kandy and had got down his wife and child. Several prominent underworld figures had also attended.
They were planning several high profile robberies targeting the financial institutions in Kandy, it was revealed.
Investigations are being conducted under the instructions of the IGP Pujith Jayasundara and STF Commandant, Senior DIG M.R.Latiff and the Organised Crimes Division.
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