Colombo Municipal Councillor Mahinda Kahandagama who was arrested in connection with the incidents that took place at ‘Maina Go Gama’ and ‘GotaGoGama’ on May 9, was ordered to be remanded till June 8 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage. Mahinda Kahandagama, meanwhile, was placed under arrest after he surrendered to the CID on June 2.
This followed the Attorney General’s Department informing the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court that Fernando and Kahandagama and two others have been named as suspects in the case filed over the attacks.