Evan Perera, the son of former Deputy Minister Neomal Perera, who is accused of causing damage to the private residence of Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the 9th of July, has reportedly fled the country.
“Lankadeepa” had reported, citing Criminal Investigation Department sources, that the son of this Deputy Minister had left for Dubai on the 10th of this month.
It is also reported that former Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Neomal Perera is also a member of the SJB Executive Committee.
Neomal Perera, who was first elected to Parliament from the Puttalam district representing the United National Party, later held the position of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the United People’s Freedom Alliance Government.
At the last election, he joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) under the leadership of Sajith Premadasa. It is also reported that he is serving as the party’s Puttalam District Organizer.
After the protesters had stormed the Presidential Palace on the 09th, Evan Perera had posted a video on social media saying, “We raided the Presidential Palace and now we are on our way to raid Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house,” and invited more people from around the country to join them. Ranil Wickramasinghe’s house was raided and he requested through the video not to leave the house until they received the letter of resignation from the Prime Minister.
The police have commenced an investigation regarding a woman in the video who has aided and abated in the act and this particular woman had been seen on several occasions engaging in the protests in and around Colombo together with a politician n, according to police sources.
According to sources of the Criminal Investigation Department, they have taken over all the videos and photographs related to these incidents and commenced an investigations based on them.
Source: Srilanka Mirror