COLOMBO – Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe filed an indictment in the Colombo High Court against former minister Duminda Dissanayake on Wednesday (5) over the recovery of a gold-plated T-56 assault rifle from a luxury apartment at the Havelock City residential complex.
The indictment was filed following the conclusion of investigations into the incident.
A second indictment was also filed against another suspect, identified as Aigul Sheragzina, in connection with the same case.
The gold-plated T-56 rifle was recovered from a residence at the Havelock City luxury apartment complex last year.
Dissanayake was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on May 23, 2025, on suspicion of links to the weapon and was remanded after being produced before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court.
He was later granted bail after the Magistrate’s Court ruled that there was insufficient direct or circumstantial evidence at that stage to establish his involvement.
Subsequently, the Attorney General advised that sufficient evidence existed to name Dissanayake as a suspect. Acting on that advice, the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court ordered him to appear before court as investigations continued.
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