{"id":36741,"date":"2014-12-28T21:57:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T02:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36741"},"modified":"2014-12-28T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T03:00:17","slug":"dep-min-nishantha-muthuhettigama-arrested-in-airport-upon-returning-from-singapore-and-remanded-by-negombo-court-till-dec-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36741","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama Arrested in Airport Upon Returning from Singapore and Remanded by Negombo Court till Dec 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <\/p>\n<p>Norman Palihawadane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of Minor Exports Promotion Nishantha Muthuhettigama arrested at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport, upon his return from Singapore yesterday morning was produced before the Negombo Magistrate and remanded till Dec. 30.<\/p>\n<p>An arrest warrant on the Deputy Minister had been issued by the Baddegama Magistrate Court on Dec 24 for his alleged rescuing of suspects involved in damaging and burning the stage of common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at Wanduramba on Dec 17.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested three of Deputy Minister Muthihettigama ministerial body guards on Dec. 18 over the previous day\u2019s incident, but the Deputy Minister removed the suspects from police custody and took them to courts in his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Following this incident the Baddegama Magistrate Court issued an arrest warrant on him but the Deputy Minister managed to leave the country in the early hours of December 26, on flight number SQ468 from the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake.<\/p>\n<p>When he returned the Deputy Minister was taken into custody by the officials of the Criminal Investigation Department around 11.15 am.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time The Island contacted him over the phone and the Deputy Minister said that he had arrived and promised to call back later, but in the meantime police took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the CID investigating into the incident of Muthuhettigama leaving the country through the VIP Lounge at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake despite the arrest warrant said that the policemen on duty at the time had confessed that they were not aware of such an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton36741\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D36741&amp;text=Deputy%20Minister%20Nishantha%20Muthuhettigama%20Arrested%20in%20Airport%20Upon%20Returning%20from%20Singapore%20and%20Remanded%20by...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Norman Palihawadane Deputy Minister of Minor Exports Promotion Nishantha Muthuhettigama arrested at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport, upon his return from Singapore yesterday morning was produced before the Negombo Magistrate and remanded till Dec. 30. 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