Sarana remanded

24 August 2015 10:58 am Views - 8594

Sarana Gunawardane and two others were remanded today till August 26 by the Gampaha Magistrate for allegedly assaulting a man in Gampaha during the election campaign period.

The Police said the former minister was arrested after he and the two others surrendered to the Police this morning.

They said the three arrested had allegedly assaulted a man who had protested electioneering activities violating election laws in an area. Mr. Gunawardane was campaigning for his wife Cinari when the incident took place. The injured man was hospitalised for two days.

Gampaha Additional Magistrate Seelani Chathuranthi ordered that the three to be remanded till Wednesday.(Darshana Sanjeewa and Tony Karunaratne)