Death threats to Yohindra Premachandra

THURSDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2011 

Sumana Premachandra the wife of the slain former parliamentarian and presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra lodged a complaint with the Cinnamon Garden police regarding anonymous calls she has being receiving threatening her son, Yohindra with death.

 

Police media spokesman Ajith Rohana confirmed that she had lodged a complaint this evening in this regard. 

 

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Mrs. Premachandra said that she has being receiving number of calls to her land line upon the death of her husband.

 

“They say that they will kill my son Yohindra and he will have to face the same fate his father faced. They do not give any reasons,” she said.

 

“But this morning I received a call to my mobile phone and that person made the same threats. Therefore I had to lodge a complaint with the police,” she said. 

 

“The police officers told me that they will look into the complaint and take necessary action. They also told me to inform them immediately if I receive any more calls with the phone details,” she added. 

 

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed along with three others following a shootout in Mulleriyawa on October 8. (By Supun Dias)