An incident from Matale – Wilgamuwa – Pusselyaya where a 62 year old mother of four had been murdered since she refused to unearth a treasure on her land, has been reported.
Police said a complaint was received from residents of the area that this woman had been missing since 4 July.
Later, the dead body of a severely distorted woman was found in Laggala – Rambukoluwa and it was revealed that this was the missing woman.
On several occasions a group which had come to visit the woman had told her that there was a treasure buried on the land, she was living in and tried to influence her to provide support to unearth it. Police said that she had not been in favour of it and as a result, been abducted and strangled to death.
A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the murder.