Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- Notorious drug trafficker and criminal gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne known as 'Ganemulla Sanjeewa,' was shot dead in the No. 5 Magistrate's Court within the Hulftsdorp Court Complex this week. The suspected assassin was arrested in the Paalaavi area of Puttalam. It was announced first that the arrested person was 34-year-old Mohamed Azman Sherifdeen. Subsequently Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala disclosed that the suspected killer was Samindu Dilshan Piyumanga Kandanaarachchi from Maharagama.

A predictable outcome of Ganemulla Sanjeewa's murder is the intense media focus on his life. A litany of offences allegedly committed by him or he was involved in are being publicised by various sections of t...