Five suspects including Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment Palitha Thewarapperuma have been remanded until 16th of September for forcibly burying a body at an unauthorized land.
The order was delivered by Matugama Magistrate Neetha Hemamali Halpandeniya when the deputy minister and other suspects were produced before the court today (10).
The suspects had reportedly violated a court order and forcibly buried a dead body in the cemetery at Troit Estate in Nebada, Matugama.
On the 19th of August, the owner of the said land had lodged a complaint with the Thebuwana Police against the burial of a deceased person’s remains at the estate premises.
The police then obtained an injunction order from the Matugama Magistrate’s Court based on the land owner’s complaint. However, the social empowerment deputy and the four suspects had violated the court order.
