Date fixed for case against Lohan Ratwatte

COLOMBO (News 1st); The case filed against State Minister Lohan Ratwatte for entering the Anuradhapura Prison and threatening an inmate with a weapon, will be taken up for examination at the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate's Court from the 4th of January 2024.

Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate, and Additional District Judge Nalaka Sanjeewa Jayasuriya ordered for Lohan Ratwatte, who appeared in court, to be released on two personal bails of Rs. 200,000/-.

The case was filed over an incident where Lohan Ratwatte, Lohan Ratwatte, who was the State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation at the time, had entered the Anuradhapura Prison, and threatened to kill an inmate with a firearm.