RIYADH, 9 August 2005 — A Sri Lankan housewife was found murdered in her apartment in Malaz district in Riyadh when her husband was at work.
The Sri Lankan Embassy here which confirmed the death said that it could not give further details since the case was under police investigation.
Dilrukshi, 22, was stabbed to death on the second birthday of her only daughter Oshara Dilyanjali. Police arrested three people including her husband, Susil Priyantha who works in a canteen at a commercial bank in Riyadh. The others in remand are Sarath and Indika, relatives of the deceased.
The killing was detected when the deceased’s nephew, Indika went home and got no response from Dilrukshi, who was the only person in the house. Subsequently, he informed the husband who rushed to the spot from his office on a call from Indika saying that Dilrukshi was not answering her doorbell.
On the day of the incident, while going to his office in the morning, it was alleged that the husband had left his daughter, Oshara, with his sister who was living in a separate house in the neighborhood.
On hearing the death of her daughter-in-law, W.M. Premawathie returned to the capital this week from Colombo cutting short her vacation.
According to Premawathie, the couple was happily married four years ago. “It was really shocking to hear this sad news,” Premawathie said, adding that her son was a passive boy who thinks of no harm to others.
Baby Oshara would continue to stay under the care of her father’s sister till the investigations are over.
