Six persons involved in the robbery of the award of Dr Lester James Peiris and a mobile phone on the day of his funeral have been arrested, Police said.
Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said five of the persons were members of an organised group robbing from funeral houses of well known personalities and businessmen.
SP Gunasekera said that CCTV footage shows three persons getting off a three-wheeler and thereafter taking away the award. Two others who helped had arrived by bus.
He said a mobile phone stolen from the house had been sold to a person in Nawalapitiya and he too was arrested
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.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
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