Documents pertaining to the presidential pardon of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Gnanasara Thero have been received by the Prisons Department today (May 23), Prisons Commissioner General T.M.J.W.Thennakoon confirmed.
The documents had been handed over by the Presidential Secretariat to the Minister of Prisons and Judicial Reforms Thalatha Athukorale today. It was thereafter forwarded to the Prisons Department.
Accordingly, steps will be taken to act according to the documents received by the Department, Mr. Thennakoon noted.
Earlier this week, the Prisons Department submitted a report to the Presidential Secretariat on the Thero’s imprisonment term and remarks on his discipline while in prison.
Gnanasara Thero, known for his hardline views, was serving a six-year jail term for Contempt of Court.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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