The wife and child of underworld figure ‘Backhoe Saman’, who was recently arrested in Indonesia, were taken into custody by Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) upon their arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (29th).
They had been deported from Indonesia and landed in Sri Lanka at around 5:50 p.m. on SriLankan Airlines flight UL-365 from Jakarta. The CID Airport Unit detained them on arrival, recorded preliminary statements, and later handed them over to CID headquarters in Colombo for further investigations.
Earlier, Indonesian authorities had arrested Kehelbaddara Padme—a key associate of Backhoe Saman—along with several members of an organized criminal syndicate in Jakarta. During the same raid, Backhoe Saman’s wife and young child were also taken into custody.
However, since no serious criminal charges were filed against her, Indonesian authorities decided to deport the woman and the child to Sri Lanka.
