On 21 November 1959 she was arrested in connection with the assassination of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike , which led to her dismissal as Ceylon 's Minister of Local Government . The charges against her were subsequently dropped on 15 July 1960 . The incident effectively ended her political career and in her later life she turned to religion participating in Christian revival meetings
assassination of
Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Vimala Wijewardene