Court sentences Hambantota Mayor to 5 years imprisonment

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Court sentences Hambantota Mayor to 5 years imprisonment

Eraj Ravindra Fernando

High Court Judge Chamara Tennakoon has sentenced Hambantota Mayor Eraj Ravindra Fernando to five years imprisonment on being found guilty after trial.

He was indicted for threatening a team of UNP Parliamentarians including Ajith P. Perera, Ajith Mannapperuma, Nalin Bandara, Eran Wickremaratne and R. Yogarajan with a pistol during their visit to the Hambantota Port on April 17, 2014.

The other accused in the case were Premasiri Parnamana, Tuan Ramzan, Madusha Nilan and Bindu Sri Warnasinghe. Three other suspects in the case were acquitted and released.

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