A 38-year-old person suffered injuries after being shot at a housing complex in Borella last night (19).
Police Media Unit said the victim is a resident of Nagalagamveediya, Colombo 14. He had only moved into the housing complex several days ago. He was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.
The victim had been shot with a revolver type weapon by an unidentified assailant who arrived on a motorbike. The assailant had fled the scene after the shooting and remains at large.
A motive for the shooting is yet to be determined. Police though, said the victim was listed as a major drug trafficker and a member of an organised criminal gang. Investigations have revealed that he had been arrested by the Foreshore Police Station on drug trafficking charges and had only been released on bail on February 5.
The victim is currently being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital. Borella Police are conducting investigations to arrest suspects involved in the shooting.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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