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	UNP Secretary and crowd attacked while trying to see Bevaraliya Palace

2009-10-05 | 12.05 PM

A group of Alliance supporters attacked UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake and parliamentarians Lakshman Kiriella, Ravi Karunanayake, Palitha Range Bandara and Sagala Ratnayake who tried to visit the palace being built at the Bevaraliya estate in Deniyaya on Sunday (4).

The procession organized by the UNP to visit the Bevaraliya palace consisted of about 80 vehicles and about 1,000 UNP supporters had joined the procession from the Deniyaya town.

The attack had been organized by the President’s sister Gandhini’s husband, Thusitha Ranawaka, who owns the estate where the palace is being built, and Minister Dilan

	Perera’s and SLFP Deniyaya organizer Vijaya Dahanayake’s security personnel have also joined in the attack. The attack had injured several people and caused damages to about 20 vehicles. The media personnel covering the incident were also attacked and their camera equipment had also been taken away by the attackers. UNP Secretary Tissa Attanayake speaking about the attack said that it was their responsibility as public representatives to see the palace that is being built with public funds and therefore organized the visit for the purpose. However, he said that some people had obstructed the roadway and attacked him and the group of people with him. The UNP Secretary said that it was a serious matter since the public representatives were blocked from traveling on the claiming it to be a private road when they were trying to inspect it as it was being constructed using vehicles and resources belonging to Maga Neguma.




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