Muthuhettigama re-remanded
Mahinda P. Liyanage - Galle Central special Corr.
UPFA Galle district candidate Nishantha Muthuhettigama was
re-remanded by Galle Magistrate Chamara Tennakoon yesterday when he was
produced before him from the remand prison by the Galle Police.
ASP Nimalasiri Perera prosecuted Muthuhettigama under Section 146 of
the Criminal Code with the charges of unlawful assembly, breach of
election rules, assault on an individual and organizing illegal parades
in the city streets while a group of officers of the CID of Colombo led
by SP D. Gajasinha who carried out fresh and separate investigations,
charged him for defamatory statements allegedly made at a press
conference on September 19.
He was further charged for the contravention of the Bail Act while he
was exercising the bail granted to him by the Magistrate the previous
week. Lawyers of the Galle Bar appeared for the candidate.
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