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Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara released on bail
Tue, Dec 29, 2009, 08:22 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 29, Colombo: A opposition parliamentarian who was accused of assaulting a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) activist at an election rally in Kurunegala surrendered to the Hettipola courts this morning and subsequently granted bail.
Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police I.M. Karunaratne said the court released the United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara on personal bail of 100,000 rupees.
The victim D.M. Gamini received serious injuries during the assault that took place at Panduwas Nuwara in Kurunegala last Sunday.