A Police Constable (PC) was remanded for fourteen days over the shooting incident in Batticaloa which took the life of a dipper driver on Monday.
Batticaloa Magistrate A.C.Rishwan visited the crime scene yesterday in front of the residence of State Minister S. Viyalanderan yesterday for further magisterial inquiries.
The victim, 35-year-old Mahalingam Balasundaram died on the spot when the PC who was on duty in front of the State Minister's residence opened fire following a heated argument.
Preliminary police investigations revealed that personal disputes between the two parties led to the shooting and a separate police team is appointed to probe the incident.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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