{"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&#8217;s &#8216;Criminal&#8217; Secretaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police has failed\u00a0to nab the main\u00a0suspects of the\u00a0\u00a0Major <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandana+Pradeep&amp;x=11&amp;y=5\">Chandana Pradeep<\/a><\/span> assault case.\u00a0Army Major was assaulted by Malaka Silva,\u00a0Former Minister <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mano+Wijeratne&amp;x=6&amp;y=6\">Mano Wijeratne<\/a><\/span>\u2019s stepson <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rehan+Wijeratne&amp;x=4&amp;y=7\">Rehan Wijeratne<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and five other persons at the Jaic Hilton car park at around 3.30 early morning last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Both main suspects are\u00a0government\u00a0servants.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malaka+Silva&amp;x=11&amp;y=5\">Malaka Silva<\/a>\u00a0is the private\u00a0secretary to his father\u00a0Minister\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=+Mervyn+Silva&amp;x=11&amp;y=1\">\u00a0Mervyn Silva<\/a>\u00a0and the other main suspect\u00a0Rehan Wijeratne is the Media secretary to the\u00a0Minister\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=+Mervyn+Silva&amp;x=11&amp;y=1\">\u00a0Mervyn Silva<\/a>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rehan+Jayawickrema+Wijeratne&amp;x=6&amp;y=7\">Rehan Jayawickrema\u00a0Wijeratne<\/a><\/span> is the son of\u00a0the\u00a0present Sri Lanka Ambassador to Turkey\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bharathi+Wijeratne&amp;x=6&amp;y=6\">Bharathi Wijeratne<\/a><\/span>, the second wife of the late minister.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Minister Mervyn Silva, his son Malaka and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Hirunika+Premachandra&amp;x=10&amp;y=7\">Hirunika Premachandra<\/a><\/span> are seen paying homage to the sacred relics at the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/an-army-major-is-hospitalised-mervyn-silvas-son-malaka-silva-has-done-it-again\/\">An Army Major Is Hospitalised; Mervyn Silva\u2019s Son Malaka Silva Has Done It Again<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-mervin-silava-is-a-drug-kingpin-patron-chief\/\">WikiLeaks: Mervin Silava Is A Drug Kingpin Patron Chief<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/malaka-rehan\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53793\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53793 lazyload\" title=\"Malaka Rehan\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"566\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan-50x50.jpg 50w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 583px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 583\/566;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malaka and Rehan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/malaka-rehan1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53786\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53786 lazyload\" title=\"Malaka Rehan1\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan1.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Malaka-Rehan1-300x204.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 635px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 635\/433;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Malaka and Rehan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/rehan\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53796\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53796 lazyload\" title=\"Rehan\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-800x533.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 605px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 605\/403;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rehan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/rehan-mano-wijeratne-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53802\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53802 lazyload\" title=\"Rehan Mano Wijeratne\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-Mano-Wijeratne1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-Mano-Wijeratne1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-Mano-Wijeratne1-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 576px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 576\/432;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rehan and stepfather\u00a0late minister\u00a0Mano Wijeratne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/rehan-p\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53803\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53803 lazyload\" title=\"Rehan P\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-P.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-P.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-P-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 604\/453;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rehan and his mother Bharathi Wijeratne &#8211; present Sri Lanka Ambassador to Turkey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/rehan-o\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53806\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53806 lazyload\" title=\"Rehan O\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-O.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-O.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-O-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan-O-800x533.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 605px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 605\/403;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rehan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/main99\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53815\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53815 lazyload\" title=\"main(99)\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/main99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/main99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/main99-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Malaka , Hirunika and Mervyn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/in154\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53816\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53816 lazyload\" title=\"in1(54)\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/in154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"741\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/in154.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/in154-242x300.jpg 242w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/741;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Malaka and Mervyn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/rehan1-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53832\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53832 lazyload\" title=\"Rehan1 jpg\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan1-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"720\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan1-jpg.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan1-jpg-181x300.jpg 181w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 435px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 435\/720;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rehan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":53796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[4626],"class_list":["post-53785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","tag-major-chandana-pradeep-assault-case"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn&#039;s &#039;Criminal&#039; Secretaries - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn&#039;s &#039;Criminal&#039; Secretaries - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-09-11T18:02:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-09-14T08:21:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"headline\":\"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn&#8217;s &#8216;Criminal&#8217; Secretaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-11T18:02:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-14T08:21:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":74,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/Rehan.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Major Chandana Pradeep assault case\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Colombo Telegraph\",\"Most Popular\",\"News\",\"STORIES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/\",\"name\":\"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn's 'Criminal' Secretaries - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/Rehan.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-11T18:02:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-14T08:21:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/Rehan.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/Rehan.jpg\",\"width\":\"960\",\"height\":\"640\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn&#8217;s &#8216;Criminal&#8217; Secretaries\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Colombo Telegraph\",\"description\":\"In journalism truth is a process\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\",\"name\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/colombo_telegraph\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn's 'Criminal' Secretaries - Colombo Telegraph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn's 'Criminal' Secretaries - Colombo Telegraph","og_description":"[&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/","og_site_name":"Colombo Telegraph","article_published_time":"2012-09-11T18:02:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-09-14T08:21:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/"},"author":{"name":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3"},"headline":"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn&#8217;s &#8216;Criminal&#8217; Secretaries","datePublished":"2012-09-11T18:02:49+00:00","dateModified":"2012-09-14T08:21:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/"},"wordCount":262,"commentCount":74,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg","keywords":["Major Chandana Pradeep assault case"],"articleSection":["Colombo Telegraph","Most Popular","News","STORIES"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/","name":"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn's 'Criminal' Secretaries - Colombo Telegraph","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg","datePublished":"2012-09-11T18:02:49+00:00","dateModified":"2012-09-14T08:21:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg","width":"960","height":"640"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn&#8217;s &#8216;Criminal&#8217; Secretaries"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/","name":"Colombo Telegraph","description":"In journalism truth is a process","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3","name":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH"},"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rehan.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53785"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54029,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53785\/revisions\/54029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}