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Range Bandara ordered to appear in court
UNP Puttalam district MP Palitha Range Bandara has been ordered to appear in the Puttalam District Court before next Wednesday in connection with the alleged assault on a 16 year old girl in the Karuwalagaswewa area.

A previous court decision by Puttalam District judge and Magistrate Amal Tillakaratne for the MP to appear in courts before February 28 was revised after the Police made fresh submissions on Thursday pointing out that an extended date could lead to tension and even violence.

The charge against the MP was that during a scuffle with a People’s Alliance supporter in Karuwalagaswewa he had allegedly hit the girl with a pistol.
However, in a statement made at the Karuwalagaswewa police station Mr. Range Bandara had claimed she was accidentally hit during a scuffle with the PA supporter identified as Prabath Asoka Siriwardena who entered into an argument with him. He claimed the victim’s brother had tried to grab the pistol from him.

The girl was first rushed to the Tabbowa rural hospital in a state of unconsciousness and thereafter transferred to the Puttalam, Chilaw and finally to the Colombo National Hospital where she remained till last Friday.
In a statement to the police the girl’s brother said the MP had attempted to assault him, but the blow had struck his sister injuring her.
Eight separate complaints have been lodged against the MP in police stations in the area alleging threats to PA supporters.

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