Leading gangster Dileepa killed in a shootout with STF
Posted by Editor on May 6, 2018 - 10:55 am
A leading underworld gangster Dilip Rohana Rodrigo alias Dileepa was killed in a shootout with the Special Task Force (STF) personnel at Mailapitiya in Kandy yesterday.
Dileepa, who is a member of an organized criminal gang, is also a known accomplice of ‘D. Manju’.
Dadallage Manju alias D. Manju, a prominent underworld figure and drug kingpin, was also killed in a shootout with the STF on February 23.
Police received a tip off about the suspect who has been named as a wanted suspect by the Organized Crime Unit and the STF over several organized crimes.
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