Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who was arrested over the assault of a neighbour, has been granted bail by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court. 

The victim, a 66-year-old man, sustained severe facial injuries, including a fractured nose, after being struck with a plastic pipe during an altercation over a boundary wall dispute on Cemetery Road, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda.

The assault, which occurred on January 9, was captured on a CCTV camera installed at the premises.

Udayanga Weeratunga was arrested by the Mirihana Police the following day and produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court, where he was ordered to be remanded until today. (Newswire)

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Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga has been arrested on allegations of assault.

According to the Police, Udayanga Weeratunga was arrested by the Mirihana Police today.

He has been arrested on allegations of assaulting a neighbour.

The Police said the Mirihana Police had received a complaint yesterday with regard to the assault.

Based on investigations conducted into the complaint, Udayanga Weeratunga was taken into Police custody this morning. (Newswire)

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State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya says former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga will not be a part of the official delegation visiting Russia next week to discuss repatriating Sri Lankan nationals from the country. 

Responding to questions on controversial statements made by the former Ambassador, the State Minister said that the government has not engaged with Weereatunga in this matter. 

“The Foreign Ministry cannot be wasting time correcting statements by certain individuals who want media attention,” he said. 

Asked if the Ministry was concerned that a representative of the Sri Lankan government for almost a decade was making controversial statements, the State Minister of Foreign Affairs said that these statements carry no weight. 

“It is very unfortunate that he was an ambassador for a decade. I’ll be very upfront with it. He has been making many statements, not only pertaining to the issue in Lanka but also related to various other matters,” Balasuriya said. 

The State Minister clarified that his statement about a former ambassador accompanying the Sri Lankan delegation to Russia was misreported by the media, stating that the former ambassador in question was Udayanga Weeratunga.

“It is very unfortunate that the press reports something to that effect. “Everybody started thinking that Udayanga is going to Russia, which is not the case,” he said. 

The Minister said that there has been no engagement with the former ambassador and stressed that the government will not engage with Weeratunga in the future. (Newswire)

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Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga claimed to have been an agent for the foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union, the KGB.

Weeratunga said that he is privy to information such as when the Parliament of Sri Lanka will be dissolved, due to his links with the KGB.

The former ambassador made this revelation during an interview with senior journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama when asked if Russian operatives decided on the domestic affairs of Sri Lanka.

“As a person who was linked with the Russian KGB, I get to know these things very quickly,” he said.

Asked if he is a KGB spy, Weeratunga said he was at one time an agent of the Soviet spy service.

The KGB was the primary security and intelligence agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until the nation collapsed in 1991. (Newswire)

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