Former Member of Parliament J. Sri Ranga was arrested by the Police immediately (March 17) for influencing witnesses over an accident that came about in Vavuniya in 2011, police mentioned.
J. Sri Ranga was reportedly arrested whereas receiving remedy on the Colombo South Educating Hospital in Kalubowila.
Earlier, the Vavuniya Excessive Court docket decide issued a warrant to arrest and current the J. Sri Ranga to courtroom for influencing and intimidating the witnesses in a case pending within the Vavuniya Excessive Court docket relating to the loss of life of a police sergeant who died in an accident close to the Settikulam hospital in Vavuniya on July 30, 2011.
The automobile had collided head-on with a tree on the facet of the highway killing the Police sergeant who was the Parliamentarian’s bodyguard.
After the accident, the previous Parliamentarian had given an announcement saying that the automobile was pushed by the police sergeant.
Nevertheless, investigations later revealed that the automobile was pushed by the previous Parliamentarian.
It was revealed that the previous Parliamentarian made telephone calls to 2 individuals who had given proof in relation to a case and tried to affect them.
