Former UPFA North-Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara, who is alleged to have forced a female teacher to kneel down before him on June 14, was yesterday re-remanded till August 08 by Anamaduwa Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake, for violating bail conditions.

When the case was called yesterday, Nawagattegama Police informed the Court of the complaint lodged by the teacher and her husband alleging that Ananda Sarath Kumara was threatening them.

Magistrate Dissanayake, while releasing the suspect on June 27, warned him against intimidating any of the witnesses and ordered him to report to the Nawagattegama Police Station every Saturday. The ex-provincial council member was released on Rs. 5,000 cash bail and two sureties in Rs. 500,000 each.

Ananda Sarath Kumara was alleged to have forced the female teacher in charge of discipline, at the Navagaththegama Navodya School, to go down on her knees for asking his daughter to lengthen the hem of her school uniform on June 14.

He later resigned from the Provincial Council over that incident but had attended the interviews for nominations from the UPFA to contest the forthcoming polls from the Puttalam District. (By Dasun Edirisinghe)

Source: The Island (Sri Lanka)