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Army questions Colonel Mahendra Fernando
May 06, 201502:10 PM
Army questions Colonel Mahendra Fernando

The Army Special Investigation Unit on Wednesday (6) questioned Colonel Mahendra Fernando, who was the head of the commando unit of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, over the incident at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Hambantota district meeting which was held on April 25.

 


This came after the authorities arrested a Corporal of the Sri Lanka Army for allegedly bringing a firearm to the district meeting, which was attended by President Maithripala Sirisena.

 


The army corporal had attended the function with MP Namal Rajapaksa.

 


“A good soldier who has done nothing wrong has been arrested in a thinly veiled attempt to implicate my son in what is being portrayed now as a plot against the president. Questions have been raised as to why a member of my security contingent had accompanied Namal,” former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said issuing a statement yesterday.

 

 

 

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