INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate has ordered Anuradhapura Police to immediately arrest all the suspects in connection with the recent
shooting incident that targeted MP Uddika Premaratne and produce them before courts.Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate and District Judge Nalaka
Sanjeewa Jayasuriya, has ordered the investigators to seek assistance of the police intelligence units and informants in order to identify
the shooters.Furthermore, the court has called for a report on the progress of the investigations.These orders were issued by the court in
The parliamentarian had managed to escape unharmed.The perpetrators, who had arrived in a car, had targeted the parliamentarian who was
gunmen were believed to have used a pistol.Anuradhapura police initiated investigations soon after the incident was reported and Special
to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Police stated that statements have been obtained from several parties, however, no suspects
involved in the shooting have been identified so far.
