We take loans to dig wells; Army colonels have swimming pools at their homes – policemen

Oct 17, 2015

“We take loans from everywhere possible, build a house and think how to dig a well, but certain colonels of the Army have swimming pools in the third floors of their homes. We do not think even the Army commander can have such luxury with his salary. But, colonels claiming to be of the intelligence unit earned in that manner,” several police department officers carrying out investigations told ‘Lanka News Web.’

The reason for their having said so was after what was revealed during an inspection of the Athurugiriya home of Col. Shammi Kumara Ratnayake, who is being detained in connection with the disappearance of Prageeth Ekneligoda. They stressed that the bribery commission should immediately start investigations as to how he had earned that much money.

A Tamil businessman loyal to the former Rajapaksa regime has revealed to the CID that this colonel had met him during the last presidential election and demanded Rs. 15 million to get Tamils to boycott the election.