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Sanath Nishantha’s brother remanded (Update)
Former Arachchikattuwa PS member – Jagath Samantha and two others have been remanded.
Samantha is the brother of the SLPP MP – Sanath Nishantha.
The trio was arrested and produced in court over assaulting an individual at a filling station on June 17 and for obstructing duties of Police officers.
Taking up the case, Chilaw District Judge Naveen Indrajit Buddhadasa ordered to remand them until June 23.
(———update 2022 June 20, 07:32 pm ————–)
SLPP Pradeshiya Sabha member Jagath Samantha has been arrested on charges of assaulting persons and obstructing the duties of police officers at a filling station in Arachchikattuwa.
Samantha, who is the brother of MP Sanath Nishantha, had recently been accused of assaulting certain individuals near a filling station while a video of the incident had been widely circulated on social media.
He had assaulted persons at a fuel station in Arachchikattuwa waiting for fuel on June 17 while the incident had been caught on a nearby CCTV camera.
Jagath Samantha is the former Chairman of the Arachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha.
