Former MP Athuraliye Rathana Thero will be arrested soon in connection with the investigation into the kidnapping and threat of Ape Jana Bala Party General Secretary Vedinigama Wimalatissa Thero, reliable sources say.
In the 2020 General Election, Ape Jana Bala Party won a National List MP seat and due to the issue that arose regarding that MP seat, the party’s General Secretary Vedenigama Wimalatissa Thero was kidnapped by a group. It is reported that the kidnapped members were threatened and three blank papers were obtained for signatures.
At the end of this chain of events, Athuraliye Rathana Thero returned to Parliament from that MP seat.