{"id":166932,"date":"2016-08-29T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T06:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=166932"},"modified":"2016-09-01T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T10:49:19","slug":"lasantha-assassination-and-upali-attack-army-intelligence-officer-further-remanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lasantha-assassination-and-upali-attack-army-intelligence-officer-further-remanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasantha Assassination And Upali Attack: Army Intelligence Officer Further Remanded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army Intelligence Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Premananda+Udalagama&amp;x=10&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premananda Udalagama<\/span><\/a> has been further remanded till September 9.<\/p>\n<p>Udalagama who was arrested last month by the CID in connection to the assassination of Founder Editor of the Sunday Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lasantha+Wickrematunge&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/span><\/a>, subsequently faced fresh charges in the attack against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Upali+Tennakoon&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Upali Tennakoon<\/span><\/a>, who was the former Editor of the Rivira Newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, during an identification parade, Tennakoon identified Udalagama as the person who attacked him and his wife in Gampaha in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Udalagama has also been identified as the person who abducted Dias, Wickrematunge\u2019s driver after his death. 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