(UTV|COLOMBO) – Attorney General Dappula de Livera PC has filed indictment in the Rathupaswala shooting case, before the Trial-at-Bar at the Gampaha High Court, Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer of Nishara Jayaratne said.
Following the request from the AG, Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya last month appointed a Trial-at-Bar consisting High Court Judges Menaka Wijesundara (President), Nimal Ranaweera and Nishantha Hapuarachchi to hear the Rathupaswala case.
The AG has filed indictments against the accused on 94 counts over allegedly shooting several unarmed civilians during a protest in Weliweriya area on August 1, 2013, by killing three and grievously hurting several others.
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