4 killed in Tambuttegama accident

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2 months ago

August 4, 2023

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Four family members were killed and four others were injured in a vehicle accident that occurred early this morning in Eriagama, Tambuttegama.

Police said when a lorry which was travelling from Kurunegala towards Anuradhapura was attempting to make a stop near a shop, a van coming from behind had collided with the lorry.

Eight people in the van who were seriously injured in the accident were admitted to the Tambuttegama Hospital.

Two men aged 36 and 46 and two women aged 36 and 43 who are members of the same family residing in Kahatagasdigiliya were killed in the accident.

A 55-year-old man, two 11-year-old and 6-year-old boys and an 8-year-old girl were injured in the accident.

Investigations revealed that this fatal accident was caused by the van driver’s reckless driving.

The lorry driver has been arrested in connection with the accident and the Tambuttegama Police are conducting further investigations.

Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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2 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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6 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)