Bail for Zoo workers

Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia group corr.

Three employees of the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens arrested by the Police and remanded in connection with the alleged assault on its Acting Director during a rumpus on October 10 were released on Rs. 500 cash and Rs. 50,000 surety bail by Mt. Lavinia Chief Magistrate Ayishani Jayasena on Tuesday.

The Magistrate who also severely warned the three suspects Edison Perera, Sampath Pushpakumara and Upul Kumara asked them to produce a close relative as surety.

The case will be called again on December 12. Dehiwala Police prosecuted.