The witness hearing on the case against Gampaha district UPFA MP Prasanna Ranatunga and 3 others for allegedly obtaining Rs. 64mn from a businessman after threatening him, began today (Jun 11).
It was taken up before the Colombo High Court Judge, Champa Janaki Rajaratne.
The complainant said that in the afternoon of 29th of May 2015, Ranatunga gave him a telephone and demanded money.
He had said that the MP again visited his premises with 3 security personnel on the same evening and again demanded money.
The relevant audio recordings of telephone conversations were played at the court.
Thereafter, the case was postponed to 28th of this month.