Pujith and Hemasiri further remanded
Posted by Editor on July 3, 2019 - 4:29 pm
Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara, who were arrested by the CID at the Colombo National Hospital yesterday, were further remanded until July 9 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.
The former Defence Secretary and the Police Chief were summoned to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday, however, they were both admitted to hospital last morning.

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