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(Lanka-e-News- 12.Oct.2012, 8.30AM) No less a person than a top flight officer of the IGP’s Office speaking to Lanka e news said , the police have not so far shown any interest in securing scientific evidence , nor sought the assistance of the officers of the finger prints Registrar Dept., in the assault and robbery case on the 7th where the JSC Secretary, judge Manjula Thilakaratne was the victim. The police statement to the media that finger prints were taken is also a falsehood , he added.Based on the statement recorded by the police of the JSC Secretary that the assailants tried to open the driving side door and attacked it, and the glass shutters, it is very clear the first step the police should have taken is to summon the officers of the finger print Dept. to the scene, as well as enlist the assistance of the police dogs, the top flight officer pointed out. As none of these measures were taken the opportunity to apprehend the culprits is lost since the vital scientific and researched evidence don’t exist, he further observed.
The finger prints Dept. officers have so far made no official announcement on this. It is also not possible to make such an announcement now. The police instead of immediately summoning the finger prints experts have got down the ‘Thailaya’ quality officers to dupe the public .They are identified as ‘SOCO’. These are morons who are not only incapable of researching on the evidence but even incapable of producing a scientific conclusion based on the evidence. These SOCOs are comprised of ordinary police officers knowing nothing on this subject and without a proper training. Their ‘expertise’ and ‘abilities’ to garner and marshal evidence will be exposed only in the courts, the top rung officer lamented. In this grave heinous crime of assault and robbery committed on a judge - the JSC Secretary , these moron SOCOs were summoned leaving out the Finger prints Dept. officers for obvious reasons , the Police top dog of the IGP’s office pointed out.
He also added that the pictorial sketch of the suspect produced to the media by the police media unit on the 9th is illegal, as it is only the police photography unit under the police Dept. . that has the power legally to release such a sketch . Instead of that , releasing ludicrous ‘ cartoon pictures’ on suspects by those in police stations who have an ability to draw pictures is absolutely forbidden and unlawful. It is just to mislead the people wholesale this type of action was resorted to , he emphasized.
The top flight police officer also made reference to a most important point : when anybody is recruited to the police or any security division , it is imperative that their fingerprints are taken and are carefully kept in the custody of the Finger prints Registrar . But , the present so called recruits to the new and novel (Presidential security division) PSD paramilitary Force are exempt from abiding by that most vital requirement . The top flight Officer said he can without any trace of doubt and with full responsibility vouch that their finger prints are not registered with the Finger prints registrar’s Dept.
