ADADERANA
Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to arrest MP Duminda Silva over the Mulleriyawa shooting incident which resulted in the death of former MP Baratha Lakshman Premachandra.
Four individuals, including the Presidential Adviser, were killed in the shooting incident which took place on Election Day (Oct. 8) while Duminda Silva was also critically wounded and hospitalized.
Silva was discharged from the Sri Jayawardenapura hospital and taken to Singapore for further medical treatment on September 31 while his doctors had stated that the Parliamentarian’s condition has greatly improved.
A Police Constable who was serving as a security officer for MP Duminda Silva had been arrested and remanded after being identified as the person who shot the former Member of Parliament, Lakshman Premachandra.
The investigation into the shooting had been handed over to the CID.
