The officers of Mount Lavinia Division Crime Investigation Bureau have revealed that the person named Dilum Sanjeewa, who is a follower of the underworld criminal named Harak Kata, is in prison and is making phone calls to businessmen by threatening and extorting money.
He intimidates the businessmen by telling them the names of various underworld criminals and collects the ransom money by giving them bank account numbers and asking them to credit the ransom money to those accounts.
05 people including two women who owned 05 accounts where ransom money was credited were also arrested by the officers of Mount Lavinia Division Crime Investigation Bureau. They are residents of Beliaatta, Suriyawewa, Tangalla, Galle.
