Ranil's and Akhila's bodyguards engage in robbery

Two police officials of the Ministerial Security Division were taken into custody in regard of stealing Rs. 11,500 at gunpoint from a restaurant manager and damaging the restaurant property.

Police media spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Ranjith Gunasekara said that the two police officials were security officers of Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and Kurunegala district United National Party (UNP) MP Akhila Viraj Kariyawasam.

Colombo Crime Division arrested these two police officers in regard of the incident and they were remanded until August 15 by courts. They are to be produced for an identification parade on that day.
 They were in a six member group that went to a restaurant in Wasala Road, Dehiwala on July 29 to consume food. When a clash erupted between the music band and the restaurant staff, the suspects meddled stating that they were 'Gotabhaya's People' and stole Rs. 11,500 at gunpoint from the restaurant manager. Police arrested the suspected group travelled in with two civilians. SSP Gunasekara said that the white van had been rented from a cab service.