{"id":172046,"date":"2016-12-30T00:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=172046"},"modified":"2016-12-30T07:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T01:54:34","slug":"ex-personal-assistant-says-champika-ranawaka-tortured-him-because-he-didnt-let-him-have-his-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ex-personal-assistant-says-champika-ranawaka-tortured-him-because-he-didnt-let-him-have-his-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Personal Assistant Says Champika Ranawaka Tortured Him Because He Didn\u2019t Let Him Have His Girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serious accusations have been levelled against Minister of Megapolis and Western Development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Champika+Ranawaka&amp;x=12&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Champika Ranawaka<\/span><\/a> and his character, with a man claiming to be the former minister\u2019s personal assistant accusing Ranawaka of harassing and even mentally torturing him, because he refused to share his foreign girlfriend with the minister.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference, Harsha Bandara Thilakasiri said that he had been working for Ranawaka from 2000 to 2016 and had closely associated with the minister. \u201cMy girlfriend is a foreigner, and due to her business related work I had to introduce her to the Minister. Since I introduced her to him, he kept asking her from me and I flatly told him she is not a prostitute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Thilakasiri, because he refused to share his girlfriend, the minister in turn was furious and plotted in various ways to harass and abuse him as well as even forcefully admit him to the National Institute of Mental Health in Angoda, claiming he was suffering from psychological issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA group including UDA Working Director Chandana Ranasinghe, SI Herath from the Cinnamon Gardens Police, and the minister\u2019s personal driver Pradeep De Alwis came and took me by force when I was staying at a friend\u2019s house in Ratmalana. They said they were taking me to the Minister\u2019s official residence, but instead they took me to Angoda and admitted me at the hospital there. I was kept by force for over a month and they even gave me electric shock treatment for 10 days and then they released me,\u201d he told the press conference.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bzzjyw9KHrM?rel=0\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that I continuously received threats including death threats. They even called and threatened my father saying if I disclosed anything about the minister then I will have to languish in jail,\u201d Thilakasiri.<\/p>\n<p>He said that as he couldn\u2019t tolerate the continuing threats and so he lodged a complaint at the Piliyandala Police on November 16, 2016. \u201cBut the police didn\u2019t take any action against my complaint, instead they went finding for my girlfriend, who had no involvement in this, and the police tried to influence her and forcing her to give a statement saying that I am mad, which she refused to give. They had even gone the next day and shouted in a very unacceptable manner outside her house. The police had even threatened the domestic helper working at my girlfriend\u2019s house,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Thilakasiri urged the Minister to let him and his girlfriend live peacefully without making their lives difficult. \u201cI don\u2019t need to disclose any wrongdoings of the minister. I only want him and his henchmen to stop harassing us and let us live our lives peacefully,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, posting a video on his Facebook page, Ranawaka denied the allegations leveled against him by Thilakasiri and said his aid was sacked because the man was suffering from psychological problems.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPataliChampika%2Fvideos%2F1825823684365808%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-3.jpg\" alt=\"harsha-bandara-thilakasiri-against-champika-ranawaka\" width=\"639\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-3.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-3-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-2.jpg\" alt=\"harsha-bandara-thilakasiri-against-champika-ranawaka\" width=\"639\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-2.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-2-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-1.jpg\" alt=\"harsha-bandara-thilakasiri-against-champika-ranawaka\" width=\"639\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka.jpg\" alt=\"harsha-bandara-thilakasiri-against-champika-ranawaka\" width=\"639\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Harsha-Bandara-Thilakasiri-against-Champika-Ranawaka-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":158657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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