Sri Lanka, Feb. 23 -- A woman has been arrested in connection with the murder by shooting last month of Ven. Kalapaluwawe Dhammarathana Thera of the Kehelkanda Kahatana Sri Ghanarama Temple in Malwathu Hiripitiya by the Police.

Police Media Division said the suspect, a 22-year-old woman, a resident of Devagala area in Weragala was arrested in the Weragala area in Aralaganwila on Wednesday (21), on suspicion over the charges of sheltering, aiding and abetting the main suspect in the shooting and for concealing true information from the Police on the shooting incident.

The arrest has been made by the Police officers of the Western Province North Crime Division.

On January 23 in the early hours, a group of four assailants, who had arrived...