The suicide of a 48-year-old inmate of a Sri Lankan refugee camp in Uchapatti near Tirumangalam yesterday afternoon triggered a protest by scores of refugees and others demanding action against a retired Revenue Inspector, for alleged abetment of suicide, the Hindu reported.
The inmate, S. Ravindran was electrocuted after he touched a live wire of the high-tension electric tower he had climbed.
The protestors did not allow officials to take S. Ravindran’s body to the Government hospital for post-mortem till late night.
After the officials promised to register a case against Revenu Inspector Duraipandian, the protestors gave up there agitation, following which the body was taken to Tirumangalam GH for post-mortem after 10 p.m.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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