A wife of a wealthy businessman made a complaint to Wennappuwa Police that her husband was abducted by a gang of kidnappers who arrived in a car on June 26. When she called her husband on his mobile phone, the husband had answered and said he is held hostage near Batticaloa. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs. 5 million to release him.
Wennappuwa Police are investigating.