The Gampaha High Court today gave capital punishment to Rangana Kumara Perera for the murder of former Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Member Hasitha Madawala in January 2013.

 

Meanwhile, another individual named Ashen Chaturanga was sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment for abetting the crime.

 

Madawala was first elected to the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha in 2006. He was aged 33 at the time of his death.