Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Seven suspects, including the gunman arrested in connection with the shooting and killing of Lasantha Wickramasekara, the Chairman of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha have been remanded until November 13.

Of the nine suspects arrested in connection, seven of them were produced before the Matara Magistrate's Court today (30).

Accordingly, Chief Magistrate of Matara Chathura Dissanayake ordered that the seven suspects be held in remand custody until November 13.

Among the suspects are the gunman, the motorcycle rider, the wife of the gunman, a person who aided him to evade arrest after the incident and two others who assisted him in Sahasrapura, Borella.

Wickramasekara was shot dead on October 22, inside his office at...