The Permanent High Court has issued summons on five individuals to be present before the Permanent High Court on October 26, over the illegal possession of four elephants.
The suspects who are to be produced before the three-member trial-at-bar include Niraj Roshan alias ‘Ali Roshan’, former Deputy Director of the Wildlife Department Upali Padmasiri, H. Priyangika Sanjeewani, H. Nishantha Dhammika, K. Chandana Kumara, G. A. Sashika Chanuka and P. G. Jayalath.
Accordingly, 24 charges have been levelled against the suspects for the illegal possession of four elephants between 05 June, 2012 and 31 August, 2015.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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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