Duminda Silva leaves hospital

    Parliamentarian Duminda Silva left the Nawaloka hospital this morning, Silva was receiving treatment in hospital for injuries suffered during the Bharatha Lakshman shooting incident.

A private radio channel that belongs to his brother said that he was scheduled to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Duminda Silva, who is a suspect in the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and three others, was granted bail on 24 of April. Four others were also granted bail by the Colombo High Court in relation to the case.

Silva returned to the island from Singapore last month after receiving treatment for the injuries he suffered during the shooting incident in 2011 in which presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed.

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed in the shooting incident in October 2011 and Silva was seen as one of the main suspects in the murder. Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late government member Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra raised hope that justice will finally be meted out against her father’s killers.