The Hon. Ananda Wijepala
Ananda Wijepala informed Parliament of developments in the investigation into the 31 December 2023 shooting incident at the WIS tourist hotel in the Weligama Police Division, involving six suspects including SDIG Deshabandu Tennakoon. He said the CID had sought asset confiscation before the Matara Magistrate’s Court, Tennakoon had surrendered to court, and a search of his Hokandara residence had resulted in the seizure of liquor, wine, a firearm, and two Apple mobile phones. He stated that further submissions had been made to court and investigations were continuing due to public interest in the matter.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Chairman, over the past few days, much attention has focused on the arrest of six individuals including SDIG Deshabandu Tennakoon regarding the shooting incident at the WIS tourist hotel in Weligama Police Division on 31.12.2023. Today, a CID team moved the Matara Magistrate’s Court seeking to confiscate his assets, and Mr. Tennakoon surrendered to Court. Yesterday, the CID searched his residence at No. 706/A/7, Sixth Lane, Gangaani Udyanaya, Hokandara, seizing 795 bottles of foreign liquor, 214 bottles of wine, totaling 1,009 bottles, a firearm considered to be his, and two Apple mobile phones. We believe these will reveal substantial information. Further submissions have been made to Court and investigations are underway. I inform the House due to the public interest in this matter. Thank you.
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