Two army officers present at courts to give evidence on Rathupaswala incident
November 29, 2013 02:17 pm
Two army officers presented
themselves at courts to give evidence on the case regarding the Rathupaswala protest
and shooting which resulted in the death of three persons.
The case was taken up by
the Gampaha Magistrate Court today (November 29).
The Gampaha Chief
Magistrate Tikiri Jayatilleke questioned the Colombo Crimes Division in court on
the reason the army officers were present in court to which the CCD replied
that they were present to give evidence.
The Magistrate claimed
that several witnesses had already been named to give evidence to the case and
that an answer would be given this afternoon regarding the necessity of the
evidence provided by the army officers.
