Police have arrested a woman who had obtained a sum of 2 million rupees over a contract killing of a woman and another individual who was prepared to carry out the murder.
Police noted that the plot was to murder a woman residing in Unawatuna.
It has been revealed that the woman who accepted the contract is a resident of Rathgama and has been serving as a public coordinating officer in a provincial council institution.
Police investigations have revealed that the husband of the woman who was to be murdered had ordered the contract killing.
It is also noteworthy that the husband of the woman is currently employed overseas, and the plan had been devised abroad.