Colombo, Nov. 1 -- The motorcycle used by the gunmen in the killing of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara has been recovered while abandoned in a forest in Buttala.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials recovered it in a forest area at the 16th mile post on the Buttala-Kataragama road.

The suspects had come to Ambalantota and fled to Kekirawa via Kataragama-Buttala road.

They have abandoned the motorcycle after it developed a technical fault.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....