Police Tortured And Threatened To Sodomize Businessman, Insulted Him About His Wahumpura Caste Origin
June 10, 2013 |
Several police officers from the Karandeniya police illegally arrested Chandila Padmakumara Gurusinghe of Kiripedda, Babuwo Kanda, Karandeniya in Galle District, apparently on the instigation of a cinnamon trader. He was arrested without being informed of the reason for his arrest and he learned it only after he was brought to the police station by listening to the conversation of the police officers who tortured him. He identified the officers who were responsible for his ordeal as Police Constable Silva (PC 53241), Sub Inspector (SI) Prasanna Mendis (who is Officer-in-Charge of the Crime Branch) and Inspector of Police (IP) Lal Chandrasiri, among others.
Chandila Padmakumara Gurusinghe
After taking him into police custody on7 May 2013 at 3 pm, he was handcuffed to a bed in a cell, before being taken out and slapped by SI Mendis twice at around 7:30 pm. SI Mendis asked him about a cinnamon trader. Later, he was put back in the cell until the next morning. On 8 May, the Office in Charge (OIC) of the Karandeniya Police Station, Inspector Chandrasiri, accused Chandila of committing robberies, stealing a gold chain and trading in illegal weapons. Chandila flatly denied all the accusations. Then the OIC played a recording, asking Chandila to listen, but the recording was not clear at all. The OIC then stated that he hated people from ‘Hakuru’ caste. (‘Mata Hakurangwa pennanna be.’) This was a derogatory reference to Wahumpura caste.
