Badulla District MP Chaminda Wijesiri has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted by the Badulla High Court over a 2019 incident involving police officers.
The High Court found Wijesiri guilty of charges including wrongful restraint, assault causing bodily harm, and criminal intimidation of police officers during an altercation near the Bandarawela roundabout.
The case stemmed from an incident in 2019 in which an argument broke out after a police jeep overtook the MP’s vehicle. Prosecutors said the confrontation escalated, leading to the assault and intimidation of police officers.
Following the trial, the Badulla High Court sentenced Wijesiri to one-and-a-half years’ imprisonment after convicting him on the charges. (Newswire)