Bail Granted to 31 Hambantota Protesters
The 31 suspects arrested in connection with the protest staged in Hambantota on 16th October. The suspects including MP Prasanna Ranaweera, Western Provincial Councillor Upali Kodikara, Southern Provincial Councillors Sampath Athukorala and Major (Rtd.) Ajith Prasanna were produced before Magistrate Manjula Karunaratne today and granted bail by the Hambantota Magistrate’s court.
They had been arrested on charges of unlawful assembly, causing damage to public property, injuring police officers, obstructing their duty and violating a court order after they participated in the Joint Opposition-organised protest opposite the Indian Consulate in Hambantota on October 6.
