A person named Neelaka who abducted his own son in Horana died in a police shooting hours later of the abduction.
Neelaka had had fired into the air and forcibly taken the eight-year-old from the custody of the grandmother this morning (17).
The Police surrounded a house where he had been in hiding following a tipoff. A shootout between the Police and Neelaka had occurred at that moment and the latter had been died in the shooting.
The Police said that the child is in safe hands.
According to the Police Spokesperson, Neelaka (24) had been wanted in connection with a murder and an attack on his wife six days ago
