‘Missing‘ businessman arrested at Haldamulla

By Norman Palihawadana-September 7, 2016, 10:03 pm

Trincomalee police have arrested businessman Mohammed Nazrin, who disappeared several days ago in the port city, while hiding at Haldamulla.

His sudden disappearance allegedly with Rs. 10 million without a trace was a real poser for the police.

His family in Bandaragama reported his disappearance last Sunday that he disappeared after he had gone to Tricomalee to attend a gold auction of a Bank the following day.

A senior police officer in Trincomalee told The Island that soon after his arrest Nazrin had admitted that he had gone underground due to his inability to settle loans amounting to Rs. 20 mn.

The officer said that investigators had first detained one of the missing businessman’s assistants who accompanied him to Trincomalee over the weekend. While he was detained the assistant received calls from the missing businessman and the police finally swooped down on the house where he was hiding at Haldamulla.

Although the businessman’s family had claimed that he carried Rs 10 mn at the time he left his home at Atalugama, Bandaragama for a gold auction at a bank in Trincomalee, at the time of his arrest he had in his possession only Rs 50,000, investigators said.