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Wanted gunman killed in shootout with STF

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3 months ago

June 24, 2023

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A wanted gunman has died in a shootout with the Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel who were trying to arrest him.

The decisive gun battle took place in the area of Welikadayaya in Embilipitiya early this morning (June 24) during a raid mounted by the STF.

In a bid to avoid arrest, the suspect had fired gunshots at the STF personnel who then returned fire.

During the shootout with the STF, the 22-year-old, who had been wanted by the police over multiple gun violence incidents, was killed.

The deceased is reportedly a former army soldier, who was also complicit in two recent shootings in Minuwangoda and Ambalangoda, during which three people including a deputy school principal were injured.

Embilipitiya Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.

(adaderana)

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Cargills FoodCity assault : suspects released on bail

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41 mins ago

September 25, 2023

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The suspects recently remanded over assaulting a young woman at the Borella Cargills FoodCity supermarket, have been released on bail.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Sajindra Weerasuriya today (25) ordered to release the suspects on a surety of Rs. 5,000 each.

The suspects were produced before an identification parade and the complainant identifies 05 out of the 07 suspects.

Also, it was previously stated that the complainant had committed previous offences, it was singular that no such thing was mentioned in the police reports submitted to the court.

The court ordered to take up the case again on Nov. 08.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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3 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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6 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.