Former State Intelligence Chief Suresh Salley has been brought before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar to provide evidence in connection with the abduction and enforced disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda.
The hearing took place before a Permanent Three-Judge High Court Bench consisting of Presiding Judge Nayana Seneviratne, Judge Nalin Hewawasam, and Judge Lakmali Hewawasam. During the court proceedings, the fourth witness in the case, Suresh Kumara Sumathipala, provided his testimony before the bench.
Key Developments
- Former State Intelligence Chief Suresh Salley appeared before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar to provide evidence regarding the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda.
- The case is being presided over by a three-judge bench comprising Presiding Judge Nayana Seneviratne, Judge Nalin Hewawasam, and Judge Lakmali Hewawasam.
- Fourth witness Suresh Kumara Sumathipala delivered testimony before the court.
- The Attorney General filed the case under the Penal Code over an alleged conspiracy on or around January 25, 2010, involving an unidentified group to abduct and secretly detain Ekneligoda across the Giritale, Habarana, and Kottawa areas.
The case was instituted by the Attorney General under the Penal Code, pressing multiple charges against the defendants for allegedly conspiring with an unidentified group on or around January 25, 2010, to abduct Ekneligoda in the Kottawa, Habarana, and Giritale areas with the intention of secretly detaining him.