Man beats paramour to death for having sex with wife

A 24-year-old man has died after he was assaulted and tied to a tree after a man found out that the victim was sleeping with his wife.

The Ratnapura Police launched an investigation following information that a man was assaulted and tied to a tree at Hidellana in Ratnapura last night.

The injured man was admitted to the Ratnapura Hospital and died while undergoing treatment at the ICU.

Investigations revealed that the victim, a resident of Kuruwita had been in an illicit affair with a woman and when the paramour visited the woman's house on Saturday night, the husband of the woman had assaulted him and tied him to a tree outside the house.

The Police arrested the 37-year-old suspect over the murder.