DIG, son re-remanded

 

by Chitra Weeraratne-August 14, 2013

Interdicted DIG Vass Gunawardena and his son Ravindu leave the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court after they were further remanded till August 27 by Additional Magistrate M. Shahabdeen.
(Pic by Siripala Halwala)

Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohammad Sahabdeen yesterday further remanded Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vass Gunawardena and nine others, including Ravindu, his son over the alleged abduction and murder of Mohammad Shyam a wealthy businessman of Bambalapitiya.

The Court released Shyam’s vehicle, WP/KV 3639 to his brother, under a bond of four million rupees and ordered that the vehicle should not to be sold or changed in colour and shape, until all the investigations were completed.

The Court ordered that Srimal Hettiarachchi, suspected of having given shelter to Ravindu, be produced before the Galle Magistrate for an identification parade as he was suspected to have been involved in two murders.

ASP Shani Abeysekera of the CID, said that the laptop used by Vass Gunewardena would be subjected to investigation at the Colombo Campus, Electronics Department. It had been discovered that two out of the three telephone numbers, used by Vass Gunewardena, were registered under the names of non-existent persons and that issue was being further investigated.

Counsel Sunanda Deshapriya, instructed by Nalin Indatissa appeared for Shyam.