All four Sri Lanka Army personnel who had been indicted on charges of shooting dead three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water in Rathupaswala in 2013 were today acquitted by the Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar.
Delivering its verdict, the three-judge High Court Trial-at-Bar ordered the acquittal and release of all four accused - a Major and three Army soldiers.
The incident occurred on August 1, 2013, when army personnel opened fire on a protest by villagers in Weliveriya. The villagers were protesting against a factory which they said was contaminating groundwater in their area and were demanding clean drinking water.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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