2 August 2019 12:18 pm Views - 5966
Hambantota Mayor Eraj Fernando was sentenced to five-years imprisonment by the Hambantota High Court today for threatening a group of UNP MPs.
The mayor brandished a pistol at a group of UNP MPs who visited Mattala in 2014 on a fact-finding mission.
The mayor later claimed the pistol was a toy pistol.
Eraj Ravindra Fernando was re-elected as the Mayor of the Hambantota Municipal Council in 2018. (Sanath Gamage)
Video by Sanath Gamage