Senior DIG orders officers to kneel
Army soldier dies after weapon misfires
An Army soldier serving at the Singhapura Army camp who was shot in his stomach accidentally has died after being admitted to the Walikanda Hospital, Army Media Spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya told Ceylon Today Online.
BY Premalal wijeratne
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has instructed senior DIG Gamini Navaratne, who is in charge of administration, to conduct an expeditious investigation into the incident where the senior DIG of the Eastern Province, Pujitha Jayasundara, had made over 100 police officers (including female officers) of the Kathankudy Police to kneel.
Acting Media Spokesman of the Police, SSP Ajith Rohana, confirmed that the IGP has called for an investigation in this regard.
Reportedly, a sergeant had been nabbed while soliciting a bribe from the suspect when a case was taken up in the Traffic Court, during the weekend. It is alleged that Senior DIG Jayasundera, who had arrived at the Kathankudy Police Station immediately after the incident, had ordered the officers at the police station to kneel.
SSP Rohana, commenting on the incident said the senior DIG who had come to the Kathankudy Police Station after the bribery episode, had held an emergency counselling class to advise and ensure officers would henceforth desist from taking bribes.
As there were more than 100 police officers, and the room where the counselling session was taking place could not accommodate all of them, some officers had to stand outside, he explained.
Army soldier dies after weapon misfires
An Army soldier serving at the Singhapura Army camp who was shot in his stomach accidentally has died after being admitted to the Walikanda Hospital, Army Media Spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya told Ceylon Today Online.
The incident has occurred when the firearm of the soldier had accidently gone off while he was cleaning the weapon.
The deceased has been identified as a 24 year old resident of the Mawathagama area. (Ceylon Today Online)
Protesting UNP PS member admitted to hospital
By Kasun Ganewaththa-
UNP member of the Galgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha K.Aandi Appu who had climbed the roof of a bus halt close to the Galgamuwa Hospital to protest against the alleged rumour spread by UPFA contestant Dayasiri Jayasekera with regard to him, has been admitted to hospital after falling off the roof.
Aandi Appu when contacted by Ceylon Today Online said that Dayasiri Jayasekera was spreading a rumour stating that Appu had agreed to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Appu denying the rumour stated that he was not willing to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa and had protested against it.(Ceylon Today Online)
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