Gota withdraws disciplinary probe against Indran!
- Thursday, 17 July 2014
Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has been forced to withdraw the disciplinary inquiry he had planned to conduct against DIG in charge of Kalutara district V. Indran on a charge of neglect of duties after he had refused to release 13 suspects arrested in connection with attacking and ransacking Muslim shops in Aluthgama town on June 15, say police headquarters sources.
The IGP was to hold a disciplinary inquiry against DIG Indran, who had disregarded the order to free the 13 suspects given by defence ministry adviser Maj. Gen. Kapila Hendawitharwana and head of the State Intelligence Service, C.N. Wagista, and also described as completely against the law a request by senior DIG Gamini Nawaratne made at the insistence of Bodu Bala Sena at a meeting on June 16 in Kalutara chaired by the prime minister.
The defence secretary had ordered the IGP to conduct a preliminary investigation, and he had given an order to senior DIG in charge of the north western province Jagath Abeysiri Gunawardena to hold the inquiry.
Accordingly, DIG Gunawardena made arrangements to hold the preliminary investigation at the Police Field headquarters hall on June 30 and ordered SSP Quintus Raymond (director, environment directorate), SSP Palitha Siriwardena (in charge of Colombo Central), SP Ranaweera (director, CID), DIG Senaratne (Aluthgama, Beruwala in Kalutara), and DIG V. Indran, to be present to give evidence.
Soon after receiving the letter containing the order, DIG Indran has called the IGP and told him that he would reveal everything he knows at the inquiry and also file a human rights case in the Supreme Court.
The IGP has immediately informed the defence secretary about this. Obtaining prompt advice from the chief justice, the defence secretary was told that a case before the Supreme Court will reveal to the world about the accuracy of the exposure made by MP Mangala Samaraweera.
As such, the disciplinary inquiry against V. Indran has been suspended, and the defence secretary has ordered the IGP to take some other action against him.
