ප්‍රේමලාල් ජයසේකරට වරෙන්තු

Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, WhatNews and Newswire report that Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court issued an open warrant for former parliamentarian and state minister Premalal Jayasekara after he did not appear in court on the day of the hearing. WhatNews says he was abroad, and Newswire reports that a deputy solicitor general told the court he was overseas.

Newswire reports that the court directed the warrant to be issued through the Criminal Investigation Department and instructed the Inspector General of Police to take steps to ensure its prompt execution.

The case concerns a shooting at a campaign rally in Kahawatta supporting then-presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena during the 2015 presidential election; one person died, according to Newswire and WhatNews.

An aggrieved party then appealed that decision to the Supreme Court, Newswire says. The Supreme Court concluded its appeal hearing on September 4 and directed all three defendants to attend the hearing reported on the 21st, according to Newswire.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.