The Batticaloa Magistrate's Court has ordered the remains of one of the Easter Sunday bombers to be exhumed from the Kalliyakandu cemetery and be buried elsewhere before September 02.
Area residents had protested against the burial of the bomber who was involved in the attack on the Zion Church in Batticaloa, after his remains had been buried at the cemetery upon court orders.
However, Batticaloa District Secretary M. Udayakumar submitted a motion to court explaining the current situation, following which the court had ordered the exhumation of the remains.
Meanwhile, Batticaloa Magistrate A.C. Rizwan had also ordered five persons including parliamentarian S. Viyalendran, who took part in the protest, to appear before the court on October 4.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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