Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent shooting incident in Mannar, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals and left two others injured, including a serving member of the Sri Lanka Army who is believed to have been the gunman, according to police sources.

A 49-year-old Tamil man, Chandrakumar Chandrabalan, has died while in police custody at the Valvettithurai police station.

Chandrabalan, who was from Valvettithurai, was arrested by the Valvettithurai Police on Saturday after an arrest warrant was issued by Point Pedro Magistrate’s Court.

Chandrabalan suddenly fell ill and was taken to Valvettithurai hospital where he later died.

IndiGo is now the largest foreign airline in Sri Lanka, currently operating 54 weekly flights connecting Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, with cities such as Colombo and Jaffna.

This is part of the initiative to grow bilateral ties aiming to “stimulate tourism and faster economic growth” according to Vinay Malhotra, Head of Global Sales at IndiGo.