Police have arrested a man who killed his parents in Akmeemana.
The assailant who visited his parents at their ancestral home on Vijayananda Road, Bataduwa in Akmeemana had started an altercation which led to the double murder.
The bodies of the 56-year old mother and the 61-year old father were discovered from a nearby garbage dump.
Police have also discovered that the suspect, a former soldier, has been addicted to drugs for a long time and is suffering from a mental disorder as well.