Newly elected PS member remanded

21 March 2011 05:52 am Views - 5927

The Colombo additional magistrate today remanded a newly elected member of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha, Sarathchandra Dias (UPFA) till April 4 for allegedly shooting and injuring a five-year-old daughter of a fellow candidate who contested the recent local government polls.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that accused who was angry for coming last in the list of the elected members of the UPFA was of the view that the votes that had gone to Nadika Sampath had reduced his number of preferential votes.

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