Rathupaswala Shooting Brigadier Further Remanded
CID earlier arrested Brigadier Anura Deshapriya Gunawardena who was alleged to have led an army contingent to Rathupaswala to quell a protest by residents pleading for safe drinking. Three people were shot dead and 33 protesters injured on August 1, 2013. Police said a 14-year-old student was among those killed in the shooting. Brigadier was produced in the Gampaha Magistrate’s Court and remanded till 14th June 2017 by Chief Magistrate D.A. Ruwan Pathirana today (31).
In the meantime , earlier CID had arrested three army personnel, a staff sergeant and two corporals in connection with the shooting.
