Aug 24, Matara: Sri Lanka police have arrested the main suspect of the recent assault on Matara District Deputy Tax Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of police has arrested a millionaire gem businessman from the Kamburupitiya area of Matara District, believed to be the major suspect of the attack on Deputy Tax Commissioner, H.M. Denzel.

The Matara Chief Magistrate Udesh Ranathunga has directed to keep the businessman under police custody until September 10th

President Mahinda Rajapaksa last week ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to immediately arrest the suspects involved in the attack and to provide security to tax officers engaged in the field.

Meanwhile, four other suspects allegedly assaulted the Deputy Tax Commissioner on August 10 surrendered to the Matara court through their lawyers.

The four persons who surrendered through their lawyers yesterday have also been kept under police custody until September 6th.