Reliable sources report that former Member of Parliament Athuraliye Rathana Thero is expected to be arrested in the coming days.
The investigation concerns the alleged abduction and threats made against Ven. Vedinigama Vimalatissa Thero, the General Secretary of the Ape Janabala Pakshaya.
According to reports, during the aftermath of the 2020 general election, Ven. Vimalatissa Thero was abducted and threatened at gunpoint, forced to sign three blank papers. This incident is said to have occurred in connection with a dispute over the National List MP position won by the party at that election.
Ultimately, it was Athuraliye Rathana Thero who entered Parliament as the National List MP from Ape Janabala Pakshaya.
Sources further indicate that a controversial senior police officer and a prominent former politician are also implicated in the incident currently under investigation.
