Shashi Prabha Ratwatte, the partner of former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte, has been apprehended after appearing before the Nugegoda Magistrates Court based on a court order, over the incident an unregistered automobile discovered at her house in the Mirihana location of Nugegoda.Subsequently, the Nugegoda Magistrate has bought her to be remanded in custody until 07 November, Ada Derana press reporter said.Former state Minister Lohan Ratwatte was arrested by Mirihana Police on October 31 in Katugastota, Kandy over an occurrence of discovering an unregistered vehicle at his other halves home in the Mirihana location of Nugegoda.The car without registered number plates was found on October 26, 2024, according to police.Police had discovered the luxury automobile in question throughout an assessment carried out based upon details gotten by the cops headquarters regarding a luxury cars and truck without number plates at a three-storied home in the Embuldeniya area in Mirihana, belonging to Shashi Prabha Ratwatte, the partner of previous State Minister Lohan Ratwatte.During the investigation, both Ratwatte and his other half had actually described to the authorities that his mother-in-law lives in the stated house.
They had claimed that the vehicle had been brought there 3 weeks earlier by Ratwattes private secretary, who was recently discovered dead with gunshot injuries in the Katugastota area of Kandy.However, Ratwatte, who was confessed to the Prison Hospital for treatment on November 02, was later on transferred to the Colombo General Hospital, owing to a sudden illness while in custody.