Herman Gunaratne released on bail
November 5, 2013 01:37 pm
Southern
Provincial Council UNP member Maithri Gunaratne’s father Herman Gunaratne, who
was arrested in connection with a shooting incident, was released on bail by
the Matara Magistrate Court today (November 5).
Herman
Gunaratne was arrested over a shooting incident which took place in the Matara
town during a clash between two sets of UNP supporters.
He
was remanded by the court on several occassions when the case was brought up
and yesterday he was unable to meet the bail terms and was remanded again until
today.
He
was released today on a Rs.25,000 surety bail and two sets of Rs.100,000
personal bail.
The
suspect was also ordered to present himself at court again on November 18 when
the case is taken up again.
