Ammonia Tank Incident:Owner Of The Rubber Factory In Horana Had Surrendered To The Court

The owner of the Rubber Manufacturing Factory at Ballapitiya,Horana where five persons have died after falling to a Ammonia Tank of the factory, Sarath Wijeratne who had been missing since the incident had surrendered to the Horana Magistrate Court today(27) through a lawyer.

The case filed against the  factory owned by the suspect  was taken over for hearing today before the Horana Magistrate and the surrendered owner of the factory,the imprisoned senior Manager  and chief female Lab Technologist have been remanded until 11th of May by the Magistrate.

Five persons have died and thirty five others were hospitalized over breathing problems due to the falling to a Ammonia Tank of the Rubber factory which reported as not maintain safety standards on 19th of April.