State Minister of Gem & Jewellery related Industries and Former State Minister of Prison Management & Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte made a comeback at the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Batticaloa District Leaders’ meeting, held today (25) at SLPP’s Main Party Office in Batticaloa.
Ratwatte chaired the meeting and shared images of the meeting on his Facebook page.
“SLPP Batticaloa leaders meeting was held today at the Batticaloa main party office under the patronage of Minister of State Lohan Ratwatte” said Ratwatte on his official Facebook page.
Ratwatte resigned from his portfolio as State Minister of Prisons and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation last week further to a controversy regarding incidents which took place in Welikada and Anuradhapura prison premises earlier this month.
He maintained a low-profile since then, and this has been his first public appearance ever since the incident.
Following the accusations directed at him for allegedly storming the prison premises and threatening prisoners with a firearm, Ratwatte denied the incident ever took place, whereas stated in his resignation that he was compelled to do so further to the request by the Prime Minister.
