Former MP Uddika Premaratna who resigned from Parliament is likely to seek political asylum in Canada, sources said.
He had and his family members had left to Dubai in December and was due to travel to Canada. He had used his Diplomatic passport for travel.
On September 18, last year unidentified persons fired at the MP's vehicle, but Police could not identify the persons responsible for the attack.
The shooting was believed to be a staged attack to support the asylum application .
Police say that the gunman who shot and killed alleged organised criminal Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ’’Ganemulla Sanjeewa’’ inside the Hulftsdorp court complex this morning was disguised as a lawyer.
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the proposed project to establish 484MW wind farms in Mannar and Pooneryn, Sri Lanka.
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has called the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to carry out a probe on the leak of an important document sent to CID.
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