Jinadasa Weerasinghe

Puwakdandawa Jinadasa Weerasinghe (8 June 1926 – 31 July 1987) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the United National Party Member of Parliament for Tangalle from 1977 to 1987, when he was assassinated by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the second JVP insurrection.[1]

Having been elected in the 1977 general election, he was shot dead on 31 July 1987 when his car was stop on the way to his home in Tangalle when he was returning from the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord following which riots broke out and curfew was imposed island wide. His teenage son who was accompanying him was also shot and critically wounded, police blamed the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna for the assassination.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ "Hon. Weerasinghe, Puwakdandawa Jinadasa, M.P." parliament.lk. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Lawmaker Slain After Signing of Sri Lanka Pact". LA Times. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Memories of a Horrific Day in Parliament". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 15 January 2024.