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Court orders police to release body of Somawansa Amarasinghe

16 Jun, 2016

The Court today ordered the police to release the body of former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Somawansa Amarasinghe.

The police was told to hand over the body to?Somawansa Amarasinghe’s relatives for funeral proceedings to be carried out.

The police had earlier refused to release the body pending an investigation over his death. (Colombo Gazette)

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