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Two govt. MPs remanded over unprovoked attacks
The Fort Magistrate yesterday (18) remanded Puttalam District SLPP MP Sanath Nishantha and Gampaha District SLPP MP Milan Jayathilake till 25 May pending further investigations into an unprovoked attack on a group of anti-government protesters.
The CID arrested them on Tuesday. Of the lawmakers, whose passports had been impounded by the Fort Magistrate following submissions made by the Attorney General, only former State Minister Sanath Nishantha had been arrested so far.
The Fort Magistrate also impounded passports of former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, and MPs Namal Rajapaksa, Pavitra Wanniarachchi, Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Johnston Fernando and Sanjeewa Edirimanne. (SF)
The National Peoples Power [NPP] secured 15 seats to win the 27 member Badulla Municipal Council. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya were second securing six seats.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya [SJB] secured 11 seats while the National Peoples Power [NPP] secured 10 seats in the 29 member Gampola Urban Council.
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress secured seven seats in the 17 member Eravur Urban Council while the United National Party [UNP] were second securing four seats.
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