Sri Lanka, Sept. 6 -- Police have arrested the motorcyclist allegedly involved in the shooting incident that took place in the Panchikawatta area of Maradana, Colombo this morning (6).

Police said that offices attached to Modara Police were able to arrest the motorcyclist within a few minutes of the shooting.

The suspect who was arrested is a 21-year-old resident of Bodhiraja Mawatha in Maligawatta and is a close associate of an organized criminal known as 'Keselwatte Kavi', police said.

Following the release of a police alert regarding the shooting, two Police Sergeants of the Modara police station, who were on night motorcycle duty, had managed to surround the fleeing motorcyclist with the assistance of another police officer.

The s...