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Committee probing Mahara prison incident hands over final report
The final report of the Committee appointed to investigate the Mahara prison incident handed over its report to Justice Minister Ali Sabry this afternoon (30).
The committee, headed by retired High Court Judge Kusala Sarojini Weerawadana was appointed on November 29 and had already handed in an interim report on December 7. The committee had been tasked with completing a report and submitting its findings in one month and has done so accordingly, the Justice Ministry stated.
Other members of the committee are U.R. De Silva, PC, Additional Secretary to the Justice Ministry Rohana Hapugaswatta, former Prisons Commissioner General Gamini Jayasinghe and retired DIG D.R.L. Ranaweera.
Eleven prison inmates were killed and over 100 injured during the unrest that occurred at the Mahara prison on November 29.
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