H'tota Mayor Eraj sentenced to 5-year imprisonment

Hambantota Mayor Eraj Fernando was sentenced to five-years imprisonment by the Hambantota High Court today for threatening a group of UNP MPs.

The mayor brandished a pistol at a group of UNP MPs who visited Mattala in 2014 on a fact-finding mission.

The mayor later claimed the pistol was a toy pistol.

Eraj Ravindra Fernando was re-elected as the Mayor of the Hambantota Municipal Council in 2018. (Sanath Gamage)

Video by Sanath Gamage