• On May 12, Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina  Gamage had ordered to impose a travel ban against former Prime Minister and several others

By Lakmal Sooriyagoda 

The  Attorney General yesterday informed the Court that despite a Court  order, several individuals including former Prime Minister Mahinda  Rajapaksa and several other politicians have so far failed to surrender  their passports to the court custody.   

 Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Ayesha Jinasena PC appearing  for the CID made these revelations when the magisterial inquiry into the  mob attack on peaceful protesters came up before Colombo Fort  Magistrate Thilina Gamage.  

ASG Jinasena told court that several individuals including  former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP Johnston Fernando , MP  Sanath Nishantha, Renuka Perera and Colombo Municipal Council member  Mahinda Kahandagama have so far failed to surrender their passports to  the court custody. She further said former Minister Johnston Fernando,  MP Sanath Nishantha, Renuka Perera and Mahinda Kahandagama have  informed CID that their passport have been destroyed by fire while being  kept at their residences. On May 12, Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina  Gamage had ordered to impose a travel ban against former Prime Minister  Mahinda Rajapaksa and several others.  
     
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Former Minister Johnston Fernando,  MP Sanath Nishantha, Renuka Perera and Mahinda Kahandagama have  informed CID that their passport have been destroyed by fire