Ranjan transferred to Welikada Prison Hospital

Imprisoned former Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has been transferred to the Welikada Prison Hospital due to a knee injury.

He was first admitted to the Karapitya General Hospital yesterday (10).

He was taken to the Orthopedic Clinic of the Colombo National Hospital this morning (11), and is due for another visit on 16 November.

Till then, he will remain at the Welikada Prison Hospital, Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.

Ramanayake was sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment at the Angunakolapelessa Prison by the Supreme Court on 12 January, after he was found to be in contempt of court in connection to statements he had made to the media regarding the judiciary.