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Ransom case suspects re-remanded

The Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Sarath C. Karunaratne refused an application for bail in respect of the three suspects in the alleged Rs.15 million ransom case and re-remanded them till July 18.

The three suspects are Wickremasinghe Koswattage Don Nihal Donal alias Nawala Nihal, Fransico of Nawala and Atapattu alias Lalith of Dematagoda.

The three suspects were arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) for allegedly accepting a sum of Rs.15 million as ransom from two land owners from the Welikada Police area. Earlier, Senior Defence Counsel Denzil Gunaratne moving for bail on behalf of the suspects submitted to court that none of the suspects demanded any ransom from any person.

This was only a money transaction in connection with a land which was look after by Nawala Nihal for the last twenty years. President's Counsel Wijedasa Rajapaksa, senior counsel for the complainant, submitted to court that his client had not made any complaint to the police in connection with the land transaction.

CCD Director Senior SP Sarath Lugoda objecting to the suspects being released on bail said that the investigations commenced by the CCD on a complainat made by a victim.

A special team attached to the CCD on the direction of Senior SP Sarath Lugoda is conducting investigations.

ASP Rohana Jayawardena, Inspector Nuwan Wedisinghe, OIC, CCD, and Sergeant Jayasena of the CCD appeared for the prosecution.

Denzil Gunaratne, Buddhika Jayasinghe and Udaya Shanthi Seneviratne appeared for the suspects.

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