Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- Hambantota Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara today (02) ordered the Superintendent of the Colombo Remand Prison to produce Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa before the Hambantota High Court on November 16.

The directive came as the Magistrate's Court concluded its proceedings regarding the case. Magistrate Neththikumara announced in open court that the Attorney General has now filed formal indictments against the suspects in the High Court, where the trial is scheduled to be taken up on November 16.

Accordingly, the court ordered prison authorities to produce MP Namal Rajapaksa-who is named as the 35th suspect in the case-before the Hambantota High Court on that date.

The case stems from a complaint filed nearly a ...