Plan to assassinate DIG Vass Gunawardena inside the prison
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Attorney at Law Nalinda Indatissa has told court on the 13th attention should be paid to the possibility of DIG Vass Gunawardena, who is currently receiving medical treatment in remand custody, ‘committing suicide’ while in custody.
Indatissa is appearing for the slain businessman Mohomad Shyam. Indatissa has requested courts to pay attention to providing special security to Vass Gunawardena since he had tried to commit suicide on a previous occasion as well.
The lawyer had made this comment in response to comment made by Vass Gunawardena’s counsel, senior lawyer Ajith Pathirana before the Colombo Additional Magistrate, A.M. Sahabdeen.
Pathirana had said that Vass Gunawardena was responsible for apprehending many criminals and that they were all in remand prison. Therefore, he had said that Vass Gunawardena’s life could be under threat in prison. He had observed that the DIG suffers from blood sugar and high blood pressure and that the manner in which he was arrested was illegal.
According to the lawyer, the law states that statements should be recorded voluntarily, but that his client’s statement was recorded after arresting him.
The counsel appearing for the aggrieved party had said there was no objection to the DIG being remanded under the required protection.
Vass Gunawradena transferred to Prison Hospital
Sunday, 16 June 2013
DIG Vass Gunawardena who is currently in remand custody for his alleged involvement in an underworld group that has carried out contract killings has been admitted to the Prison Hospital from the Colombo National Hospital.
Vass Gunawardena was admitted to the Prison Hospital last night.
Colombo Additional Magistrate A.M. Shabdeen remanded the DIG till June 25th and he was admitted to Ward 42.
Vass Gunwardena was taken into custody over the killing of businessman Mohomad Shyam in May.
Although the CID has uncovered details of 14 murders allegedly committed by Vass Gunawardena and the gang led by him, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has order the CID to inquire only into Shyam’s killing.
