The DIG Office of Galle said that 36 T56 firearms which were issued to soldiers who were on duty at the Military Intelligence Corps (MIC) Regimental Headquarters at Karandeniya were seized in connection with investigation into the shooting and killing of a man in Middaramulla, Ahungalla on April 14.
Enadu Tharindu Dhanushka Silva, a resident of Amaramoli Mawatha, Middaramulla in Ahungalla was shot at by two unknown persons who arrived on a motorcycle while the victim was riding a motorcycle with his sister’s two children.
The victim died after being admitted to the Balapitiya Hospital while the two children aged five and one and a half years, who were injured after they fell down from the motorcycle, were also admitted to the hospital.
Meanwhile, the police found the motorcycle suspected to have been used by the assailants on April 15 while it was abandoned near a cinnamon plantation near the MIC Regimental Headquarters.
During the investigation, the police dog entered the military camp and 36 T56 firearms issued to the soldiers on duty that day were taken into police custody.
A senior police officer said that the Balapitiya Magistrate’s Court will forward the firearms to the government analyst.
A Chinese national has died after falling from the 08th floor of a housing complex under construction in Kompanna Vidiya area.
The victim, who was seriously injured in this manner while doing inspections at the site, had died on admission to the Colombo National Hospital, reports say.
It is reported that the deceased was a 24-year-old assistant engineer.
The Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige today (June 05) ordered a case filed before the Colombo High Court against Thilini Priyamali, the businesswoman who is accused of massive financial fraud, to be taken up for hearing on August 11.
The order was issued when the case against Priyamali over the misappropriation of Rs. 08 million, which was obtained from a person in the Matara area promising to provide a vehicle, was taken up for hearing.
At the time, the defendant Thilini Priyamali did not appear before the courts, and her attorney stated before the courts that her client is receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo due to an illness.
Accordingly, the judge who ordered the case to be adjourned until August 11, also ordered the defending party to appear before courts on the relevant date with an accepted medical report of the defendant.
The relevant case has been filed by the Attorney General, accusing that an amount of Rs. 8 million, which was obtained by the accused in the year 2010, promising an individual in the Matara area a vehicle, had been misappropriated.
A group of around 50 people have reportedly tried to take over the Green Lanka building at Navam Mawatha in Colombo 02, after gradually entering the building since Saturday night (03).
The building is said to have been forcibly occupied by Indian businessman Raju Radha for some time now. The first group of around 12 persons had entered the building around 10.45 pm last Saturday, and entered the sixth and seventh floors of the building where the Indian businessman is residing.
This was followed by a group of nearly 50 people entering the same floors around 1.00 am yesterday.
Subsequently, the Kompanna Vidiya police had entered the building, removed the trespassers and recorded statements.
Officials of Mercantile Investments – the company currently owning the building, have also given statements to the police.
Police later said that 23 people who were arrested for trespassing the building were released.
However, reports say that the police chief had acted in favour of Mr. Radha. A ministry-level inquiry is also to be launched in this regard, reports add.
According to reports, a retired Senior Superintendent of Police by the name Bandula, has been tasked with the building’s security by Mr. Radha.
‘Shady dealings’ This nine-storey building initially belonging to Green Lanka has been mortgaged by its owners to Mercantile Investments, a leasing company located in Kollupitiya.
The leasing company has filed a case in the Supreme Court that the Indian national Raju Radha is illegally occupying and using this building through a Malaysian company, Asia Capital PLC.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an investigation into the allegations that Mr. Radha has been staying in the building since 2014 with the backing of political and high-ranking police officials and had rented out the floors of the building to several companies.
The second floor of the building has been rented by Pastor Jerome Fernando to conduct religious services. It is also reported several relatives of the Thondaman family, former Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) director – Ravi Waidyalankara and his son, as well as former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s private secretary – Uditha Lokubandara, have houses in this building.
It was reported that a nightclub owned by well known businessman Nalin Fonseka, is also located in the building.
A cafe owned by Raju Radha’s daughter is located at the rooftop, reports add.
Previously, media had reported that some individuals in this building had been accused of forcibly seizing property and land worth billions after deceiving wives of Colombo businessmen.