An investigation has been launched into reasons for storing a high number of tablets needed for psychiatric patients and mental disorders at the Mahara Prisons where riots broke out on Sunday after revelations that several inmates had acted violently after taking these drugs, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.
He said that as many as 21,000 tablets needed for psychiatric treatment had been stored at the prisons to be used on inmates.
DIG Rohana said that statements are being recorded of officials as part of the investigation.
The moves came as the death toll of those killed in the prison riots at Mahara increased to nine while 107 are being treated for injuries.
He said only 26 inmates had received gun-shot injuries while the rest had other type of injuries such as cut injuries.
Evidence had emerged that prisoners also had clashed among themselves, he said.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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