{"id":53785,"date":"2012-09-11T18:02:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=53785"},"modified":"2012-09-14T08:21:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T08:21:26","slug":"assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn’s ‘Criminal’ Secretaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police has failed\u00a0to nab the main\u00a0suspects of the\u00a0\u00a0Major Chandana Pradeep<\/a><\/span> assault case.\u00a0Army Major was assaulted by Malaka Silva,\u00a0Former Minister Mano Wijeratne<\/a><\/span>\u2019s stepson Rehan Wijeratne<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and five other persons at the Jaic Hilton car park at around 3.30 early morning last Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to the detailed statement made by Major Chandana Pradeep, both of them were on duty when they had been assaulted by Malaka Silva and Rehan Wijeratne. Meanwhile\u00a0main suspect Malaka Silva\u2019s driver came on Sunday evening and handed over the pistol and the cell phone of the Major to Slave Island police.<\/p>\n

Both main suspects are\u00a0government\u00a0servants.\u00a0Malaka Silva<\/a>\u00a0is the private\u00a0secretary to his father\u00a0Minister\u00a0\u00a0Mervyn Silva<\/a>\u00a0and the other main suspect\u00a0Rehan Wijeratne is the Media secretary to the\u00a0Minister\u00a0\u00a0Mervyn Silva<\/a>. Rehan Jayawickrema\u00a0Wijeratne<\/a><\/span> is the son of\u00a0the\u00a0present Sri Lanka Ambassador to Turkey\u00a0Bharathi Wijeratne<\/a><\/span>, the second wife of the late minister.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Minister Mervyn Silva, his son Malaka and Hirunika Premachandra<\/a><\/span> are seen paying homage to the sacred relics at the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya this morning.<\/p>\n

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Malaka and Rehan<\/p>\n

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Malaka and Rehan<\/p>\n

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Rehan<\/p>\n

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Rehan and stepfather\u00a0late minister\u00a0Mano Wijeratne<\/p>\n

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Rehan and his mother Bharathi Wijeratne – present Sri Lanka Ambassador to Turkey<\/p>\n

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Rehan<\/p>\n

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Malaka , Hirunika and Mervyn<\/p>\n

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Malaka and Mervyn<\/p>\n

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Rehan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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