Rishad acquitted from case over Easter Sunday bombing 

Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen, who was named a suspect in a case filed in relation to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, has been acquitted by Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday.

The verdict was delivered by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage acquitted MP Bathiudeen when the inquest pertaining to the lawsuit was taken up yesterday morning.

MP Bathiudeen was arrested in relation to the bombings by the Criminal Investigation Department in April this year.

Several others are also in remand custody over the bombings. More than 250 died following bomb blasts in several locations in Sri Lanka on the 21 April 2019.