Notorious underworld gangster known as “Manna Khanna” has been hospitalised with injuries after shooting incident in Grandpass earlier today (19), police say.
He was shot in the head and hand by the shooter on a bike, police say.
Former Presidents – Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe as well as former Ministers Basil Rajapaksa, P. Harrison, Wijith Wijithamuni de Soysa, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and Lakshman Wasantha Perera have been found to be involved in a USD 110 million cattle import scam, NPP MP Nihal Galappathi told Parliament today (June 19)
Noting that old cows have been imported as milch cows, he said none of them will be shown any mercy.
Former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, along with his wife and daughter, has been released from remand custody after fulfilling bail conditions, as ordered by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (June 19).
Keheliya, his wife Kusum Priyadarshini Epa, and their daughter Chandula Ramali Rambukwella, were arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and later granted bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday. However, they were remanded due to their failure to fulfill the bail conditions.
Meanwhile, Two daughters and the son-in-law of Keheliya Rambukwella were arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (June 19).
Chamithri Rambukwella, Amali Rambukwella and her husband Isuru Pulasthi Bandara have been arrested in this manner.
They are implicated in the investigation into undeclared assets worth over Rs. 134 million which includes a house valued Rs. 40 million and a van and a motor vehicle worth Rs. Rs. 20.5 million.
As part of the ongoing investigation, several fixed deposit accounts and approximately 40 life insurance investment plans have also been suspended.
They are scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism informs the public that the Sri Lanka Embassy in Tehran has been temporarily relocated to the following address due to the prevailing situation.
