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“DIG Senanayake asked us not to drag this matter any further and after giving his request some thought we decided to resolve this matter. It was to have been taken up at the reconciliation board,” Saman de Silva said.

Provincial Minister Bindu Weerasinghe said Senior DIG Anura Senanayaka succeeded in helping them to reach a compromise while strengthening their mutual friendship.

Sri Lanka Singers’ Association (SLASA) President Madumadawa Aravinda said he was not personally satisfied at the manner in which this incident was settled, and assured their support for any artiste in incidents of this nature.

“We as the Sri Lanka Singers’ Association appeared when a singer was assaulted. I am personally not satisfied with how the case was settled. I could not mediate when the two parties came to compromise. I cannot reignite the case after they have come to a compromise. The case was amicably settled with the consent of the two parties”, Mr. Aravinda said.

Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama had also come to the Borella police station with the Southern Provincial Council Minister Bindu Weerasinghe.

The Sri Lanka Singers’ Association (SLASA) said last Tuesday that the Provincial Council minister should apologise to all the artistes in the country over the incident.