Duminda Silva set free on presidential pardon

 Duminda Silva set free on presidential pardon

Duminda Silva was released from the Welikada Prison today after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa granted him a presidential pardon.

Silva was recently released from the Welikada Prison, according to prison spokeswoman Chandana Ekanayake.

After the Colombo High Court found him guilty of the murder of former MP Bharatha Premachandra, the former legislator was sentenced to life in prison in 2016.