4, including ex-OIC of Chunnakam police, to be arrested!

Sep 16, 2016

The attorney general has instructed the CID to immediately arrest the then OIC of Chunnakam police Inspector Priyantha Bandara, a sergeant and two constables in connection with the death of a Tamil suspect in 2012. At the time, Chunnakam police claimed the man, a known criminal, had escaped from custody and jumped into a tank. However, the inquest revealed signs of assault and injuries in his body.

At the request of the relatives of the deceased, the courts handed over the investigation to the CID. After the CID informed the AG that there was evidence to believe it was murder, the AG’s department officials studied the evidence and instructed that the suspect policemen be arrested immediately and produced before courts.