Former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe was found guilty of harbouring a key suspect in the rape and murder of schoolgirl Sivalokananthan Vidya that shook the nation in 2015.
When the case was taken up today at Vavuniya High Court, the Court found that the former top police official assisted a key suspect over the incident known as Swiss Kumar. He was handed in four years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) by the Court.
Earlier, indictments were filed that the former Senior DIG committed an offence punishable under section 209 of the Penal Code.
State counsel Nishanth Nagaratnam appeared on behalf of the Attorney General.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
Suspended IGP Dehsabandu Tennakoon today, has been further remanded till April 3, by the Matara Magistrate’s Court.
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