Abduction six Suspects Remanded

Six persons arrested with a jeep belonging to MP Kirunika Premachandra, over the abduction of a youth in Dematagoda, have been remanded till January 04 pending an identification parade.

When the suspects arrested last evening were produced at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today, the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) requested for an identification parade.

The CCD informed court that statements have been recorded from 4 witnesses regarding the incident and that if the suspects are presented in an identification parade they can be identified.

However, attorneys representing the defendants objected to this request stating that as a certain television channel had made public the pictures of the suspects, presenting them to an identification parade would be unfair.

Therefore they requested the court to cancel the identification parade, Ada Derana reporter said.

However, after considering the facts presented by both parties Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage ordered that the suspects be further remanded pending an identification parade.

A 34-year-old was abducted by a group of six persons who had arrived in a Land Rover Defender which is reportedly owned by Premachandra.

The victim who is a resident of Kolonnawa was abducted by the group last afternoon in Dematagoda area over a clandestine love affair between the victim and one of the suspects’ wife.

The victim has been admitted to the Colombo National hospital for treatments.

Premachandra yesterday said that she has no involvement in the incident and that it was her who handed them over to the police.