Former MP Hirunika Premachandra was sentenced today for a three year jail period, over an abduction of a youth has been brought to the Welikada Prisons a spokesperson said.
She was sent to section "C" at the Welikada prisons and was due to undergo a medical checkup within the first three hours after admission.
She was found guilty of taking part in the abduction and detention of a young man working in a shop in the Dematagoda area on December 21, 2015.
High Court Judge Amal Ranaraja delivered the sentence.
Earlier seven persons involved in the case pleaded guilty and were given a suspended sentence.
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Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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