Officers transferred after raiding illegal gaming centre
- Friday, 08 November 2013
Officers attached to Police Organized Crimes Division have been transferred with immediate effect for carrying out their duties and raiding an illegal gaming centre in the Town hall area in Colombo.
Twenty three IPs and SIs under SP Ganeshanadan from the Organized Crimes Division raided Salaka Regino casino in Town Hall on the 4th and arrested 43 persons who were inside the premises at the time.
The Police have said that the officers were transferred since they had served a long period of time in the division. However, there has not been any explanation as to why the transfers were made in such a hurry.
It is learnt that Salaka Regino casino is owned by Sudharma Neththikumara, who is n intimate lady friend of the head of the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS), Lakshman Hulugalle.
Soon after the raid on her casino, Neththikumara had complained to Hulugalle about her predicament and the harassment of her customers due to the raid.
Angered that his personal friend had undergone such a trauma due to the actions of the police officers who had raided her casino, Hulugalle has engineered the transfer of the officers disrupting the functions of the Organized Crimes Division.
