Sri Lanka, April 22 -- Former Ratnapura District Parliamentarian Premalal Jayasekara, who was arrested yesterday (21) in connection with an alleged incident of threatening an individual with a firearm, is scheduled to be produced before the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate's Court today (22).

Jayasekara was taken into custody yesterday by the Nuwara Eliya Police over allegations that he had threatened a person by brandishing a firearm.

According to police, the incident had occurred following a heated argument between the former MP-who had arrived in Nuwara Eliya with family members-and a group of individuals who had travelled from Avissawella on an excursion.

It is reported that the situation escalated, during which the suspect allegedly displa...