1996 World Cup- winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga’s sibling incarcerated for extortion
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The more youthful sibling of Sri Lanka’s fabulous cricketer as well as the 1996 World Cup- winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga got on Monday punished to 2 years’ strenuous jail time for obtaining cash by intimidating a business owner.
The situation versus Urban Development Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, 55, was submitted in 2015. The High Court below founded guilty Prasanna as well as punished him to 2 years’ strenuous jail time, put on hold for 5 years.
He was likewise bought by the court to pay a penalty of Rs 25 million (USD 69,061) rupees as well as an additional Rs one million (USD 2,762) as payment to the entrepreneur.
Prasanna’s better half, that was likewise a co-accused, was acquitted of costs.
He is the more youthful sibling of the fabulous Sri Lankan cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga, under whose captaincy the island country won the 1996 Cricket World Cup kept in India, Pakistan as well asSri Lanka
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