While the case was being heard, it was revealed in the trial that R.P.K. Pathirana, who was named as the seventh defendant in the case, has died and the 12th defendant, Rukman Indika, has gone abroad.

Parliament yesterday paid tribute to late Minister Rukman Senanayake who passed away recently. Mr Senanayake is the grandson of Late Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake and a nephew of late Prime ...