Mahinda Balasuriya soon to keep company for Sri Ranga!

Aug 04, 2016

In addition to former MP J. Sri Ranga, ex-IGP Mahinda Balasuriya too, is very likely to be get arrested allegedly for having aided the former to prepare fake documents to conceal evidence, to mislead the judiciary, to abuse state property and to insult the judiciary over a fatal road accident five years ago, say highly places sources in the Police Department.

Both are to be taken into custody on the basis of findings into the death of Ranga’s police bodyguard, which follows a petition filed by the mother of the deceased.

The mother of the deceased has petitioned the department with the mediation of sergeants and constables, due to the non-receipt of his salary until the time by which he would have reached 55 years of age.

The forum of junior policemen has roundly and with disgust condemned the ex-IGP’s having resorted to such low means to save an MP. They have now joined forces on behalf of the legal rights of the deceased. Three of the deceased’s colleagues at Settikulam police have given evidence without any pressure, in the course of the investigation.

They said that as they arrived at the crash scene where the vehicle in which Ranga and the deceased had been travelling, they saw the then MP in a highly drunken state, walking along the road. The trio has also revealed how, with the help of the area residents, they had got the deceased out of the front seat of the crashed vehicle. There was clear evidence that Ranga had been driving the vehicle at the time it had met with the accident near Settikulam Hospital in Vavuniya on 30 March 2011. However, the then IGP Balasuriya and senior SP in charge of the area Senaratne had intimidated the Settikulam OIC and got him to report to courts that the deceased had caused a fatal accident due to careless driving while under the influence of liquor.

Accusing the deceased of having committed a disciplinary offence, the department has refused to pay his salary to the dependents until he would have reached 55 years of age. However, sergeants and PCs have continued to fight against this injustice and subsequently the truth came to light. They are saying in one voice that the future investigations should be handed over to the CID to ensure justice for their deceased colleague.

The law should be enforced against Ranga, Balasuriya as well as Senaratne, now a DIG, and justice done for the mother and other dependents of the deceased, they say.