IP Kapila Nishantha de Silva, an officer attached to the Special Investigations Unit of the Southern Province, has been arrested over the abduction of two businessmen in Rathgama. 

Two businessmen, aged 31 and 33, were abducted on January 23 by a group clad in Police uniforms. It is believed that both individuals had been killed by the gang. 

Police investigations are underway to establish whether the armed gang had a connection with the IP. The Criminal Investigations Department is handling the inquiry.

Meanwhile, Southern Province DIG Ravi Wijegunawardena has been transferred to the Police headquarters over the same incident. Police sources said the DIG was transferred under the IGP's directives.