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Photographer Lahiru Dilshan remanded for uploading fake nudes

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1 month ago

August 25, 2023

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Photographer Sandun Lahiru Dilshan, who was arrested on charges of uploading fake nade photos of five young women to the internet, was ordered to be remanded until September 6 by Attanagalla Court No.02 Magistrate Manjula Karunaratne.

The Nittambuwa Police Children and Women Bureau conducted investigations and arrested the suspect for allegedly inserting naked women’s photos into the photos of five young women and then uploading them to the internet.

Nittambuwa Police Case Operations Division Police Sergeant H.R.S. Kumara said the suspect had committed the crime while working as a photographer and that he had released the edited photos to the internet through his mobile phone.

After handing over the seized mobile phone to the Magistrate, the Magistrate examined it and ordered the suspect to be remanded.

Prison officials were also ordered to present the suspect to a psychiatrist at the Ragama Hospital for an assessment and then submit the medical report to the court the next day.

The case will be taken up again on September 06.

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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.

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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.

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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)