AG files indictments on Nissanka Senadhipathi and seven others

10 Sep, 2019

The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Avant-Garde arms trafficking case against Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi and seven others.

The AG has filed 7,573 charges against the accused in the case before the Trial-at-Bar at the Colombo High Court.

The Chief Justice had recently appointed a Trial-at-Bar to hear the Rathupaswala, Eknaligoda and Avant-Garde cases.

Accordingly, High Court Judges Dhammika Ganepola (President), Adithya Patabendige and Manjula Thilakeratne had been appointed to the Trial-at-Bar to hear the Avant-Garde case at the Colombo High Court.

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