Sri Lanka, July 19 -- The Kaduwela Magistrate's Court has ordered the remand of an excise officer and a businessman who were arrested in connection with a shooting incident that occurred near a nightclub in the Thalawathugoda area early this morning (19).

The two suspects, who were taken into custody by Thalangama Police and produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate's Court, have been remanded until July 30.

According to police, an argument had broken out between the businessman and the excise officer near the nightclub at around 1.00 a.m. today.

It is alleged that during the altercation, the businessman had taken out and pointed his licensed revolver at the excise officer.

In the course of the confrontation, the excise officer reported...