From Colombo Telegraph
MP. Dunesh Gankanda, Deputy Minister of Urban
Development, Water Supply and Drainage Board marred his wife’s birthday
celebrations held at the Water’s Edge yesterday, when he went on to assault an
invited guest by the name of Sumedha Gamlath and his wife in the early hours of
today. Gankanda in his alcoholic influenced rage also assaulted his wife Kushani
Nanayakkara, the birthday girl and his step daughter in an incident which took
place in front of embarrassed guests and employees of the venue.
The party which kicked off on the 30th April 2015 was halted
around 2:30am with other guests nearby ducking for cover.
At the time of writing the injured party were deliberating
if the said assault should be reported to the police.
MP. Dunesh Gankanda has a history of violence especially
when under influence of alcohol. Previously it was reported that he
assaulted and bit the nose of Diwakaran, a Tamil businessman at a club in Galle
Face hotel also in the early hours around 1.30am on May 27, 2012. Then
Gankanda had gone into hiding from the Police had later surrendered to the
Colpetty Police through his lawyer and the Colombo Fort Magistrate released
Gankanda on bail.
On many other previous occasions his spate of violence has
been reported where he has gone on to assault his mother’s sister, a member of
the MSD, a bodyguard and a female maid servant.
MP. Gakanda had threatened to assault his 17 and a half year
step son and verbally assaulted his teenage step daughter two years ago.
Colombo Telegraph in an earlier report quoted
his step son Sooraj Radha claiming MP.Gankanda to be a racist. Sooraj was
reported to have said “Uncle Dunesh is not fit for politics, I’m half Sinhala
and half Tamil, he calls me ‘Demala pakaya’ (Tamil Cunt ). He is a racist. He
has never said sorry. He even abused my sister with ‘Sudda Sinhala filth’. Once
I asked him to apologize to her, and he said I’m not going to say sorry to a
‘demala pakaya’”.
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