{"id":127733,"date":"2022-08-09T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T23:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=127733"},"modified":"2022-08-09T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T23:08:35","slug":"two-arrested-for-stealing-mp-amarakeerthis-gold-rings-during-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/08\/09\/two-arrested-for-stealing-mp-amarakeerthis-gold-rings-during-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested for stealing MP Amarakeerthi\u2019s gold rings during assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Two individuals who had stolen three gold rings worn by former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala when he was assaulted and killed by a mob have been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parliamentarian and a police sergeant attached to his security detail were killed in a mob attack in Nittambuwa amidst the nationwide unrest on the 9th of May this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police, the two suspects were traced through pawn tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have been remanded until the 22nd of August after being produced before Attanagalla Magistrate\u2019s Court today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the suspects, who stole two rings from the slain parliamentarian, was taken into custody in the area of Ranpokunagama in Nittambuwa early this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also accused of stealing the mobile phone of Meegahakiula Pradeshiya Sabha chairman, the police said further. The stolen mobile phone has been found on him, the police said further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the second suspect who stole the other gold ring was placed under arrest in the area of Nittambuwa in Gampaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo, aged 30 and 38 years, are reportedly residents of Nittambuwa and Ranpokunugama areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police reports, a total of 38 suspects are currently in remand custody over the killing of MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officers of homicide and orgnaized crimes unit of the CID is probing the incident further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana Two individuals who had stolen three gold rings worn by former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala when he was assaulted and killed by a mob have been arrested. The parliamentarian and a police sergeant attached to his security detail were killed in a mob attack in Nittambuwa amidst the nationwide unrest on the 9th of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}