Ambanwela acid throwing case verdict on Oct. 24

Kandy High Court Judge Manilal Waidyatilleke announced that the verdict of a case in which seven persons had been indicted for throwing acid on Government Auditor Lalith Ambanwela had been postponed until October 24. The Judge said that Former High Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena would deliver the judgment of the court on that date.

The High Court Judge further remanded the Chief Accountant of the Kandy Education Department Ananda Weerasmihge, The Project Director of the Department of Education, Ananda Munasinghe, L.M.Mohamed Nieulfer, M.M.R.Rahaman and M.M.Imtiaz till the next court date.

The acid attack on Government Auditor Lalith Ambanwela, which drew wide publicity ten years ago, had occurred close to the Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium, on As-

The acid attack on Government Auditor Lalith Ambanwela, which drew wide publicity ten years ago, had occurred close to the Asgiriya International Cricket

Stadium

giriya Road, in Kandy. The call to the police 119 number led to an investigation being launched into the incident which was handled by Inspector Gurusinghe of the Special Crimes Investigations Unit, coming under the then Deputy Inspector General of Police (Kandy West), Nimal Mediweke. The case was heard in the Kandy Chief Magistrate Courts after which it was forwarded to the Kandy High Court. Here the case came up before the then, High Court Judge Wimal Nambuwasam and finally it was heard as a specially assigned case before Kandy High Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena.