National Freedom Front
(NFF) leader MP Wimal Weerawansa today condemned with ‘disgust’ the mudslinging
and insult directed at him by ‘political enemies’ based on the recent death of
a youth at his residence even after the autopsy report has been released.
Lahiru Janith, 24, a
close friend of Weerawansa’s son, was found dead at the Hokandara residence of
the former minister on Wednesday.
Issuing a statement in
response to the rumours being spread in social media regarding the incident,
the UPFA MP said that according to the postmortem report, the youth died due to
natural causes and that it was caused by a heart attack.
He said that the remains
have been sent to the Government Analyst in order to determine what had caused
the heart attack.
Weerawansa said that
he regrets that his political opponents have fallen to such a low that they
would attempt to use such an unfortunate incident for political gains.