COLOMBO (News 1st) – Former Commissioner of Prisons, Emil Ranjan Lamahewa has been further remanded till the 08th of January.

He was imprisoned over a fight that had ensued in the Welikada prison.

The order was issued when he appeared before the Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage.

Further, the Criminal Investigations Department informed courts that the government analyst’s report on the firearms used in the incident had not yet been submitted.

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