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SL court bans ex-PM Rajapaksa, son & 14 others from leaving country
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IANS | 12 May, 2022
A
Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa and 15 others, including his son, MPs and senior police
officers from leaving the country, for instigating Monday's violence
that killed nine people and injured over 300.
Colombo's Magistrate court issued the travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, his son MP Namal,
and
14 others who participated in Monday's meeting with his supporters who
later carried out violent attacks on peaceful protesters in front of his
house and his President's office.
The Attorney General Sanjaya
Rajarantam, who has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to
investigate the violent attacks on peaceful protesters, had informed the
courts to impose a ban on the former PM and others.
Mahinda
Rajapaksa, his son and others, who were present at the meeting, need to
be present in Sri Lanka for the ongoing investigations on the attacks as
they were suspected to have conspired and planned the attacks.
The
pro-Rajapaksa supporters, who protested against Rajapaska leaving his
post were later armed with clubs, poles and iron bars, had attacked the
protesters.
The protesters had been camping for more than a month demanding the Rajapaksas to leave amid a severe economic crisis.
Among
others against whom the travel ban has been imposed were former
ministers -- Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Kanchana Jayaratne, Rohitha
Abeygunawardena, Sanath Nishantha, other MPs and senior DIG Deshabandu
Thennakoon.
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