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Sacristan of the All Saints Church released from the hand grenade case
February 09, 2022
The Sacristan (caretaker) of All Saints' Church in Borellaarrested for allegedly planting a hand grenade inside the church was today ordered to be released from the case by Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya made this order following the Attorney General's advice not to proceed against the suspect.
Francis Munindran alias Rajan, the seventh suspect of the case was arrested and detained at Colombo Crimes Division underthe Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Senior Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Pieris appearing for Attorney General sought the court's permission to release the seventh suspect owing to insufficient evidence to prove the commission of the offence.
Meanwhile, Senior Counsel Chaminda Athukorala appearing for the retired medical practitioner Dr. Shirley Herath (75) sought an order directing the prosecution to submit a report about the ongoing investigations in respect of his client.
In reply, SDSG Dileepa Peiris stated that the investigations are yet to reveal who was involved in planting the hand grenade along with the retired medical practitioner.
The Additional Magistrate observed that there is no necessity of fixing the case for an early date since police have filed reports about the investigation.
On February 2, the Court ordered to release of a church worker and two others who were arrested on suspicion over the hand grenade incident.
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