Police on last evening revealed the identity of the suspect recently arrested regarding the murder of a five-year-old girl in Kotadeniyawa.

Accordingly, this suspect is Saman Jayalath, a brother of the main suspect Dunesh Priyashantha, alias Kondaya.

Minuwangoda Additional Magistrate allowed the CID to detain him for a further 72 hours, when he was produced before the Magistrate's Court yesterday.