Prison superintendent who provided special treatment to the Bharatha murder suspect transferred

 Aug 09, 2015

Prisons commission reports a prison superintendent who gave special treatment to a suspect named Dematagoda Chaminda who was an accused remanded for the murder of Bharatha Premachandra has been transferred and a jailor and a prison guard has been suspended from their duties.

Dematagoda Chaminda surrendered to the CID in fear of his life by plotting a deal with a senior officer in the CID. He has taken assurance that there should not be any harm for him inside the prisons and he should be accessed to use mobile facilities and other privileges.

 

Chaminda who has been continuously enjoying those facilities within the prisons was prevented by the prisons authority following a tip.

 

Superintendent Kaluarachchi has been transferred to the prison headquarters and the assistant superintendent Walisundara has been called for service to the Colombo remand prison.

 

However prisons inside information stress that there would not be any problem for Kaluarachchi in the prison headquarters and he would be continuously in contact with Dematagoda Chaminda.

 

Prisons officials and the CID officers have jointly agreed to provide facilities to this Dematagoda Chaminda. Except this the former minister Duminda Silva has promised to give many privileges to these officers including property and land gifts.

 

Chaminda was continuously inflicted with death threats by the pro Bharatha Lakshman group and he surrendered to the CID by the instructions given to him by Duminda Silva.