Arrest warrant on UNP’s Hesha Withanage

By Ajithlal Shanthaudaya and Jayantha Nanayakkara 

Embilipitiya Magistrate K.P.R. Vidanagamage yesterday ordered the police to arrest Ratnapura District UNP MP Hesha Withanage under the supervision of a Superintendent of Police (SP) on the charge of absconding court over a misappropriation case. 

The police filed a B-report against him in connection with misappropriation and property damage. 

A building in Embilipitiya that belongs to the MP had been rented out to a resident of Nugegoda for business purposes. However, there had been a complaint against the MP for breaking open the building. 

Subsequently, a compliant had been lodged that several items in the building had gone missing following the incident. The MP initially appeared in court, but had later been absconding.