Ramith Rambukwella son of Joint Opposition MP, Keheliya Rambukwella was arrested on Friday night by the Narahenpita Police. According to the Police he was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Police sources said Rambukwella had almost run over two undergraduates of the Open University in Nawala and had then gone on to attack another student with a pistol during a confrontation with bystanders following the accident.
The students involved in the accident had only sustained minor injuries according to the Police. However, the individual attacked by Rambukwella had also lodged a complaint with the Police regarding the assault.
Chandi Malli’s Son
Meanwhile, UPFA Southern Provincial Council member M.K. Kasun and his wife Tharaka Perera, who assaulted the private bus driver near Koswatta junction in Thalangama Police division on Friday (09), was ordered to be remanded till Tuesday (13) by the Kaduwela Magistrate, yesterday.
A video recorded by a passenger in the bus showed the driver of the 177 bus being brutally attacked by Kasun, while his wife was brandishing a pistol and kicking the victim ceaselessly. The driver was subsequently admitted to the Mulleriyawa base hospital.
Thalangama Police have recovered the pistol and five bullets when the duo was arrested at the place of incident.
M.K Kasun, a UPFA council member for the Southern Province who is now aligned with the pro-Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna faction (SLPP), is the son of former SPC member M.K Ranjith, also a well-known underworld member Chandi Malli who was shot dead in Colombo. Pro-Rajapaksa local councillors and provincial legislators have long been in the limelight for criminal activity and acts of political thuggery.
In 2011, former Tangalle PS chairman, a close ally of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sampath Vidanapathirana infamously murdered British tourist Khurram Sheikh and raped his girlfriend who was holidaying in the area.
After lengthy delays, Vidanapathirana was finally convicted for the murder in 2014, after the British Government and the victim’s family exerted massive pressure on the authorities to bring the killers to justice.
Investigations into the incident are continuing, Thalangama Police said.
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