SP chops off hair of suspects in public
Monday, November 4, 2013
The three suspects, who are alleged to have burgled a house in Rajangane, in the Thambutthegama Police Division, had been taken into custody by the Rajangane Police for stealing Rs 140,000 in cash as well as jewellery.
Subsequently, the police had recovered Rs 2,000 in cash and jewellery worth Rs 98,000.
The suspects had been detained by the police pending their appearance before the Nochchiyagama Circuit Court.....when the SP in charge of the Rajangane Police, Jeyu Ramawickrema, had arrived at the police station and had taken the suspects in a jeep to the Rajangane Yaya Division, where they were paraded before the public, after which their hair had been cut, according to the complaint lodged in this regard.
Thereafter, it was alleged that the suspects had been brought back to the police station, and were brutally assaulted. Some residents of Rajangane had reportedly videoed the SP cutting the hair of the suspect, and sources said they are ready to forward the footage if called to do so, at an investigation.
The suspects were later produced before the Nochchiyagama Circuit Court. Magistrate, Ranjith Kekirideniya, released one of the suspects on bail while the other two were remanded till 11 November.
by Ananda Weerasuriya CT
Mahindananda pressurises Waruni Amunugama!
- Monday, 04 November 2013
Sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has reportedly influenced co-owner of Triad Advertising Waruni Amunugama Fernando to convince her husband, Rohan Fernando, not to contest for the position of president of the National Olympic Committee.
Posts ministry secretary Hemasiri Fernando, who had held the position three times, is not contesting due to pressure and the other contender Dian Gomes has withdrawn due to a heart surgery.
Leading businessman Rohan Fernando, also president of the Sri Lanka Yacht Club, has decided to contest.
However, sports minister Aluthgamage has proposed the name of his colleague, foreign employment promotion minister Dilan Perera, after a deal was struck between the two over the NOC presidency, a position which accompanies money and power.
After Dian Gomes withdrew, Dilan Perera hoped that he would be elected uncontested, but Rohan Fernando has come in his way.
After accepting a contract to see that Rohan Fernando is out of the race, the sports minister has telephoned Waruni Amunugama and said, “Waruni, I am making this request on behalf of the president and MP Namal Rajapaksa. Please tell your husband not to contest for the presidency.”
A shocked Waruni Amunugama immediately called MP Namal Rajapaksa and questioned him, saying, “Without using go-betweens, you would have called me directly.”
MP Namal Rajapaksa, who also seemed surprised by the news, said, “Really Waruni, father or I do not know such a thing. We haven’t told Mahindananda any such thing.”
An angry Waruni Amunugama called minister Aluthgamage and reprimanded him, but with a broad grin, he has said, “You have been associating with the Rajapaksas this long, but you don’t know about them. They are people who forget the next moment what they say.”
Anyhow, Rohan Fernando, chairman of the tea exporting firm ‘Heladiv’, has decided not to withdraw from contesting for the NOC presidency.
