Former Kalutara District MP and Deputy Minister Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma has handed away on the age of 64, yesterday night (16).
It’s reported that he has been electrocuted whereas making an attempt to attach two electrical circuits at his dwelling and has succumbed after being admitted to the Nagoda hospital, in line with household sources.
Born on Might 3, 1960, Palitha Thewarapperuma was a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament of the United Nationwide Celebration from Kalutara and was a former Deputy Minister of inner Affairs, Wayamba Growth and Cultural Affairs within the United Nationwide Celebration led nationwide authorities in 2015.
Thewarapperuma was among the many native lots for his social service actions and philanthropy. He rose to fame amongst folks within the nation particularly in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka for having supplied meals, dry rations and different requirements to the agricultural inhabitants of the Kalutara District.
His physique has been saved presently on the Kalutara Educating Hospital, Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa mentioned.
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