Overseas journey ban on ex-Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa lifted | World News

The overseas journey ban imposed on former Sri Lanka prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has been lifted, ANI reported quoting info group News First. The ban had been put in place following Might 9, 2022 clashes. The journey ban in the direction of MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena, minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and ex-provincial council member Kanchana Jayaratne has moreover been lifted.

The ban obtained right here after investigations into the alleged involvement of Rajapaksa and others inside the deadly assault on peaceful anti-government protesters in Colombo.

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s lawyer requested the courtroom docket to relax the journey restrictions citing the reality that none of them had been listed as suspects inside the investigation, News First reported.

The courtroom docket issued an order lifting the journey ban and designated the Controller Regular of Immigration and Emigration as a result of the recipient of the stated order. The Sri Lankan Supreme Courtroom had earlier issued an order that prevented them from leaving the nation with out the courtroom docket’s permission.

The clashes obtained right here as Sri Lankans expert extreme shortages of requirements along with meals and gasoline. The demonstrations led then-prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign. His brother, president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the nation and resigned later. Wickremasinghe then grew to turn into performing president, and parliament elected him because the model new president on July 20 closing yr.