(COLOMBO) – The family of a 22-year-old Sri Lankan youth has raised serious questions after the young man died while in police custody in the north-central town of Anuradhapura, local media reported on Wednesday.
Shanuka Gihan Marambage, was apprehended along with two female suspects on charges related to drugs on Tuesday evening (30 Jan).
According to police, Marambage had fallen ill shortly after, and was taken to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The deceased’s relatives, however, raised suspicions pertaining to the circumstances surrounding his demise as enraged residents had also surrounded the Anuradhapura Police Station last night demanding an explanation.
The victim, a resident of Anuradhapura, had been living with his grandparents as his mother is an expatriate worker.
