{"id":163230,"date":"2016-05-31T12:44:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T07:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=163230"},"modified":"2016-05-31T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T08:16:31","slug":"vijitha-herath-arrested-and-released-on-bail-for-crashing-into-a-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/vijitha-herath-arrested-and-released-on-bail-for-crashing-into-a-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijitha Herath Arrested And Released On Bail For Crashing Into A Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Propaganda Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Vijitha+Herath&amp;x=7&amp;y=8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vijitha Herath<\/span><\/a> was arrested on Monday night, and released on police bail today for crashing into a post in Rajagiriya.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90127\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gsl-continued-to-detain-civilians-gsl-might-view-doing-so-as-electorally-favorable-jvp-to-us\/vijitha-herath\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90127\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-90127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Vijitha-Herath-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Vijitha Herath\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Vijitha-Herath-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Vijitha-Herath-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-90127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vijitha Herath<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He was arrested by the Welikada Police after his car crashed into an electricity post. Apart from an order to appear before Court over the incident, Herath will also be fined for damaging public property.<\/p>\n<p>In March this year, Megapolis and Western Province Development Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Champika+Ranawaka&amp;x=14&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Champika Ranawaka<\/span><\/a> was allegedly involved in an accident, which left one person critically injured. The accident also occurred in Rajagiriya, but despite Ranawaka being identified as the person driving the vehicle at the time of the accident another person\u00a0was arrested and released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>The Welikada police had soft-peddled the incident, despite eyewitness accounts and statements given to the effect that Ranawaka was behind the wheel. 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