Treasure hunting DIG netted -Behind bars !

(Lanka-e-News- 24.Sep.2015, 5.30PM) These individuals in this photograph with covered faces trying to hide themselves from the public  are suspects (hora police ) , including a DIG  of the police who were apprehended for aiding and abetting  in illicit treasure digging .

The ex DIG is indicted on two charges : calling back the police team that  went to arrest some businessmen who had dug for illicit treasure in Kudakachchikudy , Vavuniya ,and for providing security to the suspects involved in treasure digging .The  ex DIG Vavuniya U.K. Dissanayake was  produced before Vavuniya additional magistrate V. Ramakamalan yesterday (23) , when he  was remanded until the 30th.

The lawyer who appeared for the ex DIG told court that since the DIG is sick , to grant him bail to enable him to  take medical treatment.

The additional magistrate said , he cannot yield to the request made by the lawyers for the ex DIG, and if he is truly sick he can take treatment in the prison hospital where too there are doctors. The magistrate therefore ordered that medical facilities be provided to the ex DIG within the prison.

Photos and report filed by Dinasena Rathugamage
Translated by Jeff.

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by     (2015-09-24 13:20:25)