Inspector absent in Court: Ven. Gnanasara Thera released
Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela ordered yesterday (11), the release of the Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera from the case filed against him for allegedly obstructing the duty of a police inspector on drug raid duty near the Rajagiriya-Nawala Road roadblock.
As the complainant police inspector had not appeared before Court for the trial related to the incident, the magistrate ordered the release of Gnanasara Thera, subject to retrial within one year, in accordance with Section 188 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
On May 19, 2017, Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Galagodaatthe Gnanasara Thera was arrested by the Organized Crime Prevention Division and produced in court and later released on
a bail of one hundred thousand rupees in relation to the charge of obstructing the duty of a police inspector on drug raid duty near the roadblock on Rajagiriya Nawala road.