PS chairman threatened by supporters of SB’s son
Mr. Narada Dissanayake receives letter of appointment as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) co-organizer for Hanguranketha from President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Sunday (August 31). (Pic By : Sudath Silva)
September 1, 2014
The Chairman of the Hanguranketha Pradeshiya Sabha, Ranasinghe Dissanayake, claims that four supporters of Narada Dissanayake, son of Minister S.B. Dissanayake, threatened to kill him within 5 days.
Narada Dissanayake was yesterday appointed as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) co-organizer for Hanguranketha. He was handed the letter of appointment by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees.
The Hanguranketha PS chairman stated he was threatened by a group of Narada’s supporters who were celebrating the appointment last evening by lighting firecrackers and shouting on top of vehicles in the Udawatta area in Hanguranketha.
They threatened me saying they would kill me within 5 days and that they were “Narada’s people,” Ranasinghe Dissanayake told Ada Derana.
He claimed that even his nephew was threatened by the men and that two of them who he identified were involved in murders.
The PS chairman said he lodged a complaint with Hanguranketha Police this morning regarding the incident.
He also accused Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake’s supports of plotting to defeat the previous budget of the Hanguranketha Pradeshiya Sabha and later remove him from the chairmanship.
However, attempts by Ada Derana to contact Minister S.B. Dissanayake’s son Narada Dissanayake regarding the alleged incident were unsuccessful.
Narada Dissanayake was yesterday appointed as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) co-organizer for Hanguranketha. He was handed the letter of appointment by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees.
The Hanguranketha PS chairman stated he was threatened by a group of Narada’s supporters who were celebrating the appointment last evening by lighting firecrackers and shouting on top of vehicles in the Udawatta area in Hanguranketha.
They threatened me saying they would kill me within 5 days and that they were “Narada’s people,” Ranasinghe Dissanayake told Ada Derana.
He claimed that even his nephew was threatened by the men and that two of them who he identified were involved in murders.
The PS chairman said he lodged a complaint with Hanguranketha Police this morning regarding the incident.
He also accused Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake’s supports of plotting to defeat the previous budget of the Hanguranketha Pradeshiya Sabha and later remove him from the chairmanship.
However, attempts by Ada Derana to contact Minister S.B. Dissanayake’s son Narada Dissanayake regarding the alleged incident were unsuccessful.
