27 February 2021 03:10 am
The Colombo Magistrate yesterday ruled that there was no sufficient evidence to prove that final year law student and former Central province Governor Maithri Gunaratne's son Migara Gunaratne had obstructed duties of the police.
Migara had allegedly come under severe attack at the Peliyagoda police station.
The Magistrate who observed the B-report filed by the police alleging that Migara Gunaratne had obstructed duties of the Peliyagoda police, refused to accept the B-report. Producing the report, the Peliyagoda police claimed that on February 25, Migara Gunaratne who came to the police station obstructed duties of the police personnel there.
However counsel for Migara Gunaratne, President’s Counsel Saliya Pieris who appeared with counsel Upul Kumarapperuma showed the photos of Migara with bleeding wounds on his face and informed court that with such severe injuries inflicted on young Gunaratne it was impossible to believe the allegations made by the Peliyagoda police.
Subsequently the Magistrate refused to accept the B-report produced by the Peliyagoda police and informed that the police could produce any other evidence at the next hearing on March 1. The court also requested the Wattala Magistrate to visit Migara Gunaratne who is undergoing treatment at the Ragama Hospital and forward a report on his condition.(SUSITHA FERNANDO)