Attorney at Law (AAL) Upul Kumarapperuma has written to the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka over an alleged threat to the life of his client, the recently arrested Ex-Air Force officer Keerthi Rathanayake. It also noted that he would be accompanied by an officer attached to the High Commission. “However at one point my client was arrested by the officers attached to the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) and he was brought there. Thereafter Mr. Amila Egodamahawatta AAL visited the CCD upon my instructions and met my client in the presence of the OIC and several other officers of the CCD,” Kumarapperuma details. “In the aforesaid circumstances, I humbly request you to intervene in this matter and inform the relevant authorities to safeguard his life,” Kumarapperuma urged the President of the BASL.

Source: The Nation August 15, 2021 07:41 UTC