The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
The Minister informed Parliament that the suspect in the Anuradhapura Hospital incident raised in the House had been arrested at Galnewa by police teams deployed for the operation. He stated that, as previously pledged, the suspect would be produced before court and due process would be followed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, before that, please allow me a brief moment.
¶ 02 Regarding the unfortunate incident at Anuradhapura Hospital yesterday, which drew much public attention and was raised in this House, I informed the House that five police teams were deployed to apprehend the suspect. I now inform this House that moments ago the suspect was arrested at Galnewa. As pledged yesterday, he will be produced before court and due process will be followed.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 12 March 2025 ·No. 1744106534050382 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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