Missing homeguard returns but police doubt his tale

One of the homeguards from Tantirimale who went missing after they went to pick herbs from the Wilapattu reserve forest on Thursday, returned home yesterday and had related a tale of how the two homeguards were captured by the LTTE from whom he escaped later.

However Tantirimale police OIC Chief Inspector Dhammika Bandara Hapugoda said that the police had doubts about his statement and is further questioning him.

The two homeguards - 50 year old Chulapadma and 46 year old Jayaweera were residents of the Kosbewa hamlet in Tantirimale. Jayaweera returned home yesterday afternoon

According to police the two homeguards had gone to the forest to pick herbs while they were off duty and therefore did not carry any firearms. The two who went to the forest at round 5 p.m. on Thursday had not returned to their homes even by next morning and the family members had alerted the police.

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