Rathgama PS Chairman’s murder main suspect surrenders
Wednesday, 1 April 2015 01:21
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The main suspect in the murder of the Rathgama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Manoj Pushpakumara, Janith Madusanka de Silva alias Podi Lassiya surrendered to the Kalutara Magistrate Court yesterday.
De Silva surrendered to the court through a lawyer over the 23 March murder of local politician Mendis.
The Kalutara Magistrate ordered remanding the suspect until 6 April and ordered the Prison authorities to produce him before the Galle Additional Magistrate on the same day for further proceedings.
37-year-old Mendis was gunned down outside a hotel in Hikkaduwa after attending a social gathering at the venue. Two more persons were injured in the shooting.
