Former MP Athuraliye Rathana Thero, who is expected to be arrested in connection with the investigations into the abduction of Our Jana Bala Party General Secretary Vedinigama Wimalatissa Thero, continues to evade the police.
Athuraliye Thero has been accused of intimidating the party’s secretary Vedinigama Thero into signing documents in order to fraudulently obtain the National List MP seat for the Our Jana Bala Party in the 2020 general election.
Vedinigama Wimalatissa Thero has later filed a complaint with the police alleging that Athuraliye Thero kidnapped him and intimidated him into signing documents related to the National List MP seat.
The Colombo Crimes Division is conducting investigations to arrest former Parliamentarian Athuraliye Rathana Thero on suspicion of involvement in the investigation into this incident.
Although police officers visited the Sandaham Sevana in Rajagiriya, where Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero is staying, the Thero has not been there on several occasions. Subsequently, the Colombo Crimes Division has inspected temples, meditation centers and housing complexes where Venerable Rathana Thero is believed to be hiding. However, it has been revealed that Rathana Thero has not visited any of those places in the past few days.
The Colombo Crimes Division states that security arrangements have been made to prevent Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero, who has even deactivated his mobile phone and is hiding, from fleeing the country.