{"id":169638,"date":"2016-10-27T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=169638"},"modified":"2016-10-27T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T09:54:05","slug":"raviraj-assassination-to-be-tried-before-special-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/raviraj-assassination-to-be-tried-before-special-jury\/","title":{"rendered":"Raviraj Assassination To Be Tried Before Special Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">The Colombo High Court today granted permission which allows the assassination trial of former TNNA MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Nadaraja+Raviraj&amp;x=5&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nadaraja Raviraj<\/span><\/a> to be tried before a special jury. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152989\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/raviraj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152989\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-152989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/raviraj-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Raviraj\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/raviraj-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/raviraj-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raviraj<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">Colombo High Court Judge Manilal Waidyatilaka gave permission for a special jury, after taking into consideration the provisions vested in the Criminal Procedure Code and the request made by the prosecution. The accused in the murder case includes Sami Suresh, Prasad Chandana Kumara, Gamini Seneviratne, Pradeep Chaminda, Sivakanthan Vivekanandan and Fabian Royston. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">The six suspects have been indicted by the Attorney General. 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