Colombo High Court has issued notice to former MP Hirunika Premachandra to appear before Court on 10th July over the Dematagoda youth abduction case. In December 2015, a man was abducted in the Baseline Road area in Dematagoda and assaulted by a group of individuals who had arrived in a Land Rover Defender which was allegedly owned by Premachandra. The victim was found to be a resident of Kolonnawa and was abducted by the group on 21st December 21. Nine including Premachandra were charged over the abduction.