Police asked to provide security to Upul

8 August 2014 09:48 am

Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today ordered the Colombo Central SSP to provide security to Sri Lanka Bar Association (BASL) President Upul Jayasuriya until August 11.

Earlier, Law and Order Ministry’s Secretary Nanda Mallawaarachchi was noticed to appear in Court when the motion filed by Mr. Jayasuriya was taken up for hearing.

Mr. Mallawaarachchi is out of the country and as such the SSP was directed to provide security to Mr. Jayasuriya until this matter was taken up with Mr. Mallawaarachchi on his return on August 11.  (Lakmal Sooriyagoda and Farook Thajudeen)