By: Isuru Parakrama
Colombo (LNW): The Appeal Court today (26) quashed the summons issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court on Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) in charge of the Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon to appear before Court in connection with the large sum of money amounting to Rs. 17.8 million found at the President’s House during the July 09 ‘Aragalaya’ uprising last year.
The order was issued by the Appeal Court bench comprising Justices Nissanka Bandula Karunarante and A. Marikkar.
The Appeal Court also issued a writ order invalidating a letter issued by the Attorney General to cite the Tennakoon as a suspect in the assault allegedly committed by pro-Rajapaksa activists on peaceful protesters at the “GotaGoGama” agitation site in Galleface on May 09, 2023, which consequently led to a mass unrest across the country.
