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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena too attended the official lunch given under honour of
General Secretary of United Nations Organisation, Mr. Ban Ki Moon which lunch was thrown to all State leaders who participated at the United Nations Assembly in America.

When allotting seats for State leaders for this lunch, Table No. 1 had been reserved for a few State leaders of the most powerful nature and the Sri Lankan President too enjoying the same status on that occasion happens to be a special feature, it is reported. Others who were among the most powerful dignitaries who occupied seats at that Table were Ban Ki Moon, Barac Obama, President Putin of Russia, Indian Prime Minister Modi and King Abdulla only. Every leader who attended the lunch had conversed with the President in the most cordial manner.

After the recent Colombo Sampath Bank Super Branch hold up, yet another Sampath Bank Super

This person who is said to have arrived in the island after having pursued his medical studies overseas has attempted to carry out this hold up in a rather peculiar way. He had written a threatening note on a bank slip and had handed it over to the lady cashier. The cashier who was frightened had on that occasion given him 5 lakhs of money. Later when the suspect had beat a retreat from the bank, the cashier had promptly advised the security unit and later a police constable who was on duty nearby had managed to get hold of him. 

This person who entered the Sampath Bank Super Branch in Panadura yesterday (28) around 5.30 in the evening was a resident of Maligawatta and after studying Medicine in a foreign country had arrived in the land recently, it was revealed later. He had written, "I have a gun with me .... if the alarm signal is rung ... I'll shoot!" he had written on the bank slip in English.

When running with the bundle of cash sum of 5 lakhs, an officer of the Traffic Division was able to take him into custody with the aid of some three-wheel drivers; but it later came to be known that he has had no weapon in his possession.

An Advanced Level student of Royal College was produced in court last Monday over an incident of

This student who terrorised the Principal, teachers and students saying that he had connections with the underworld appeared in the school under the the nickname 'Big Boss'. This student who is supposed to be the son of a former Chairman of a provincial council member of Embilipitiya had entered class 9 of Colombo Royal College from a school in Embilipitiya. This student who says that he comes to school at the time he wishes to, used to make underworld-type of threats to whoever inquires about it, it was reported. The student concerned has on a number of occasions even assaulted teachers who happened to make students kneel down; but nobody had dared to take action against him.

Whatever it is, after assaulting two students who had high connections and were of the same class as his in Royal College recently was taken into custody. On a complaint that he had dealt a blow on the ear serious enough to damage the ear of a former Deputy Minister's son and of a District Judge's son was produced in court on Monday for that offence.

The replies 'Big Boss' gave to certain questions posed by Chief Magistrate Mr. Gihan Pilapitiya are of a humorous nature.

Chief Magistrate: Whom do you know in the underworld?

Suspect student: Don't know anybody.

Chief Magistrate: Who of the underworld is in remand?

Suspect student: Dematagoda Chaminda, Navy Ruwan are there.

Chief Magistrate: With whom do you like to stay with in jail .... with Dematagoda Chaminda or with Ruwan?

Suspect student: Don't like to stay with anyone!

This student who was living in Embilipitiya had been admitted to Royal College on the influence of his father who was the Chairman of the provincial council. Whatever it is, as a result of an accident last year this Chairman had passed away. At present the student is living with one of his uncles in Colombo. After appearing in court the Chief Magistrate instructed that a report from a Psychiatrist be forwarded about the suspect student. This student who is to appear for the Advanced Level examination in the year 2016 was advised by the Magistrate to attend school at the appropriate time and in addition issued an order for him to report at Kurunduwatta Police Station every day of the week after finishing school. The Magistrate finally warned him to refrain from acts of this nature henceforth under any circumstances.

Former General Secretary of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Minister Susil Premajayantha had  arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into
Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC), a short while ago to record a statement over the ITN issue.


 A high official of the commission Lacil de Silva had said MP Premajayantha has been summoned based on a statement made by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the PRECIFAC last week over the non payment of outstanding bills to the ITN. – During the period prior to the presidential election for advertisements in favour of the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s campaign.



When the President was questioned he had said not to ask about the payments from him but as he represented the UPFA party to request it from the party. During that period the General Secretary had been Susil Premajayantha

In the Kiribathgoda area a man had been caught when he had peeped into a room where a woman had been sleeping in the night. A complaint had been lodged in the police after he was identified and the incident had been referred to courts.

The suspect had pleaded guilty when the case filed was taken up for hearing. The courts had ordered the suspect to clasp both hands and to apologise to the lady inside the courts itself.

The suspect has been a 45 year old man and had been ordered by the Mahara  Chief Magistrate Mahinda Prabath Ranasinghe and the order had been given as he had pleaded guilty for the offence.The suspect had been warned and with the consent of the complainant the case had been settled with this punishment to the suspect.

The Magistrate had said to the suspect not to take revenge and it is not like going to supermarkets constantly when the customer is paid bonuses. In the event if he comes to court again no such bonuses would be given and even bail also would be refused he had added

The suspect had paid respects to the Magistrate also and left the court premises without even looking back it was mentioned.The Police Sergeant of the Kiribathgoda Police Thilakanath 22594 had filed the case at the Mahara courts after the complaint was lodged.

Another murder of a  48  year  old mother of two children has been reported from Kahawatta,Kotakethana,Opathawatta area. This is another mysterious death that has been reported from the Kotakethana .The investigations in this regard has been handed over to the criminal investigations unit (CID) it is reported.

In this connection the police has questioned fifty seven persons it is reported. However up to last afternoon the police has been unable to obtain any vital information from any person.

The police has deployed sniffer dogs to track down any suspects. The dogs have sniffed the area the murdered woman and then returned without giving any clue. The woman my name Nagam Papu .a 48 year old had been murdered the day before yesterday around 2.30 p.m.

It is reported that this woman who was murdered was on the way to hand over the tea leaves plucked to the point of handing over when assailant had been hiding and  murdered the woman.

Approached house 4 times ....

The sinful man who murdered the 10 year old boy by killing him by cutting off his limbs with a sharp instrument in a lonely house near a granite workshop in Kapurugoda area in Panagoda had explained his reason for it saying that he had done this to avenge the child's father because of spiting him.

Well aware of the idea that he would be able to get away scot free from this murder too which has been committed on purpose being released after having been arrested in relation to acts of homicide before this also for the reason that capital punishment has not been enforced. After committing the murder the suspect had fled the place; however on an operation conducted by the police the suspect was cordoned when he had been walking in Bandarawatta area in Biyagama. 

He is a resident of Kotelawala, Kaduwela and known by the name of Ella Liyanage Abraham Perera (50). The suspect who has been strongly addicted to drugs is a notorious criminal in the island whose name has been listed in police records in connection with a number of crimes. The suspect who had killed a young man in Nawagamuwa area before this had been remanded over many a crime including housebreaking in the year 2007 and has now come back to freedom once again. Later on he had been appearing under various names and had lived in Panagoda area. There he had engaged himself in a quarry workshop and about 2 years before this, a part of the suspect's genital organs had to be removed as a result of a blast that had taken place at the quarry. This person who had not even entered into a marriage had been living with a terrible vengeance towards society.

It was a child named Kavindu Devinda Kapuruge who was living in Kapurugoda, Panagoda who was subjected to murder as a consequence of revenge. Kavindu who had been schooling in grade 5 at Parakrama Vidyalaya in Panagoda was expecting results of his Year 5 scholarship examination. On the day of the incident last Friday because of rain Kavindu had not gone to school and had stayed back at home. His mother had left home to hand over a parcel of food to his elder brother. Though Kavindu had remained at home with his father, the father too had later gone to the farmhouse. Kavindu's father who returned home after 10 minutes had noticed that the child was not at home and had searched all over for him and had even told the neighbours about it and began to search further. Having noticed the lonely house which was situated close to the site of the quarry being locked up and having tried to open the door which had been to no avail had therefore given up the idea and instead had once more begun to make a further search as to what happened to Kavindu. However much he searched the child was not to be found and the crowd including the father had broken open the said door when they were finally able to find the dead body of the child hacked to death with the neck, hands and feet severed. 

The suspect had confessed to the police in this manner: "From the time I came to work at the quarry, the child's father kept spiting me. What I wanted was to give him the most unbearable pain which he could never bear. When I went home the child was watching television. I went inside the house after waiting till the home-people of the child went out. Later I brought the child to the lonely house and cut him up into pieces".

The quarry which belonged to Kavindu's father's younger brother was where the suspect had been employed and he had been staying in that lonely house near the quarry itself. The suspect had planned out this murder for a period of time and after going to Godagama area had purchased a machette 3 months ago and had been keeping it hidden inside the house where he was staying. On noticing the mother and father of the child going out on the 25th, he had gone to the boy's house and had told the child, "Puthe .... there are some coins .... let's go, I'll give them to you" and thus duped the child and brought him to this lonely house. Later, having shown some coins in a small pit prepared inside the house, the suspect had instructed the child as to how to get those coins after digging for them. 

While the child was in the process of digging the pit to take the coins, the suspect had brought the machette and dealt a blow with it on the neck of the child to be severed from his body. Subsequently he had chopped the child's body into pieces and after throwing away the machette he had got into a three-wheeler and beat a retreat. 

After the suspect was nabbed by the police when he was on the way to show the machette used in the murder, he had slipped and fallen into an old quarry pit. At that point the suspect's feet were seriously injured from a rock that had come tumbling down and he was admitted yesterday (27) to Homagama Hospital and transferred to the Colombo National Hospital. 

The suspect who was under treatment for serous injury is under treatment at the hospital with police protection and was afterwards taken to courts. The suspect who was thus taken into custody has been instructed by Homagama Magistrate, Mr. Y.R.B. Nelundeniya to be remanded until the 7th of next month. 

By now a wave of heartrending murders are being reported in the country. Yet another 17th woman-murder from Kahawatta area which rocked the country sometime ago has to be reported.

A 48 year old woman from Opatha area in Kotakethana was murdered after being hacked to death by a sharp instrument, towards evening yesterday. This woman who is the mother of two children had gone to pluck tea leaves with two other women in the morning hours and the other women had handed over the tender tea leaves; but the woman who was subjected to murder had not returned. The crowd who went in search of her were to then able to find the dead body of the woman brutally murdered. 

While an arm was found cut in a manner that it was completely severed from the body, there had been sharp cut marks too found all over her body. It was a woman named Nadan Paappu living at No. 2 Upper Division Opatha, Kotakethana who had died in this manner. The Kahawatta Police say that several blood stains were found on the road she had travelled along. The police also say that the body was found within two hours after the killing. 

It is 2 kilometres in distance from Kahawatta, Kotakethana where a number of murders took place sometime back to where this estate is. No suspect has been identified so far in connection with the murder and the Magisterial Inquiry was held in the evening. In the year 2014 a 31 year old mother of two called Jeyapalan Thilakarani was murdered within this very estate and the suspects in that case have been taken into custody and sent to jail. The police are conducting inquiries into this last murder too. 

Sampath Bank, Dharmapala Mawatha

When the inaugural moment of the United Nations Assembly was held some days ago, the fact that the President's son too was seated with the group who represented Sri Lanka motivated certain media to publish a criticism about it. Some had compared it with the former President Mahinda and son Namal combination. Regarding the criticism President Maithripala's son Daham Sirisena had made a clarification yesterday across his Facebook Page. What is mentioned there is as follows:

 "Friends, do you know about the word 'nepotism?' Its meaning is, someone who lets his powers be used on the children, relations. It conveys specially granting employment. Look openly .... this frequently has happened in Sri Lanka. Some have interpreted my American tour as one such. They criticise that I misuse father's powers.

Friends, relax your mind and listen to me. Though my mother was to participate on this journey she was unable to do so. As this was notified, I got an official invitation from America to fill that void as another member of the family. Because of that I went there. Secondly, because I joined on this journey I got the opportunity of attending the STG Conference the purpose of which was the prosperity of the country.

I fail to understand in which way how this tour of mine would not be beneficial for the country. I can't understand how the country collapses because of that. I ask of you not to compare the former regime and our family. We are quite different from them. When I joined the youth conference what the organisers said was to make more young people of Sri Lanka participate in this, in future. The positive response they gave towards us too is something that we should be happy about". 

As a result of the prevailing inclement weather these days 7 lives were lost from the landslide that took place yesterday. Because of this tragedy in Wedamulla Estate, Ramboda, Kothmale, 5 members of the same family and two others died in the process.

The dead body of a child who died from the earthslip was found this morning. The earthslip had occured during the heavy downpour yesterday from 12 in the afternoon and 3 in the evening. Though members of 44 families rushed to safe sites to save their lives, everybody's life however was not saved. Those who were displaced are now taking refuge at Ramboda Hindu Vidyalaya. As the environment around is earthslip-prone, the authorities concerned have notified of this risk and by now 264 members of 66 families have found refuge there.

Photos taken at that location after the incident, from below