A Magistrate has been locked in the balcony of the upper floor of his house by a robber who stole his luxury car, the Piliyandala Police said.
The incident is said to have taken place in the luxurious two-storey house belonging to the Magistrate at Pinnawala, Madapatha in Piliyandala.
According to an advertisement published on a well-known website that the two-storied house is for sale, a person who came as a buyer has committed this robbery.
Police said the Magistrate had arrived at the house alone in his vehicle to show the house to the robber.
The car was parked in front of the house and the Magistrate opened the main door of the ground floor of the two-storied house. He had shown the robber each part of the house after placing the car key on the kitchen counter of the ground floor.
When the Magistrate entered the balcony, the robber had closed the balcony doors and ran downstairs, took the car keys and drove away in the car.
The Magistrate had jumped out of the balcony and entered the ground floor and informed the relatives and then the police about the incident over the phone.
The Piliyandala Police, Mount Lavinia Criminal Investigation Division and Western Province-Southern Crime Division officers have visited the house and launched investigations.
The Indian High Commission in Colombo has issued a statement on the ‘Operation Sindoor’ launched by the Indian Armed Forces targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the statement, 09 sites have been targeted.
The statement further notes :
“Our actions have been focused, measured and non- escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.”
“These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered. We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable.”
Former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera has been remanded until May 19 by the Mahara Magistrate’s Court.
He had surrendered to the court earlier today (May 07).
(Previous news 2025 May 07 –11.00.a.m.)
Prasanna Ranaweera surrenders to court
Former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera has surrendered to the Mahara Magistrate’s Court today (May 07).
Previously, an open warrant was issued for Ranaweera’s arrest over allegedly selling a plot of state-owned land in Kiribathgoda to a private party by forging documents.
Several persons including former Minister Mervyn Silva are currently in remand custody over the incident.
The National People’s Power (NPP) has won the most number of seats in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), but has not obtained enough to form a majority. The party secured 48 seats with over 81,000 votes, which is about 36.9% of the total.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) came in second with 29 seats, followed by the United National Party (UNP) with 13 seats. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won five and four seats respectively. Meanwhile, Independent & minor parties have secured 20 seats.
The CMC is Sri Lanka’s largest and oldest local government body.
