Court on Friday ordered that former opposition leader of the Western Provincial Council Kithsiri Kahatapitiya be remanded until September 14

He was remanded over alleged fake documents for possessing an elephant.

The Criminal Investigations Department had acted based on a complaint that was filed. Police stated that, durin investigations, Kithsiri Kahatapitiya surrendered himself to the Horana Magistrate on Friday.

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