A 31-year-old Excise officer who allegedly distorted a popular traditional new year song of veteran singer Rohana Beddage and released it to the social media has been remanded until April 22 by the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate courts today.
The officer hailing from Thalthuoya was arrested following complaints from former State Minister Prof Channa Jayasumana and the singer Beddage himself.
The suspect was arrested in the Kuliyapitiya area by the Computer Crimes Division in Wariyapola.
He had distorted the ‘Soorya Mangalya’ song of Beddage.
The Sri Lanka Army has launched in internal investigation into the accident at the Fox Hill super-Cross races in Diyathalwa yesterday claiming seven lives.
Railway General Manager H.M.K.B. Bandara passed away of a sudden illness today in Anuradhapura.
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