'Kanjipani Imran' further remanded till Dec 27

Notorious drug kingpin and underworld ring leader Mohommad Najim Mohommad Imran alias 'Kanjipani Imran' was ordered to be further remanded De 27.

The order was issued when he was presented before Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne today (Dec 12).

Imran was accused of verbally abusing and issuing death threats to two constables attached to the Keselwatte Police station, over the telephone.

Previously the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) had earlier stated that the constable had recorded the conversation between Kanjipani Imran and him, during which Kanjipani Imran had threatened the police officer. The Constable had copied that mobile conversation to a separate Compact disc.

The CCD had earlier sent the Compact Disc to the Government Analyst’s Department for the voice verification.

The CCD had earlier informed the court that the suspect Kanjipani Imran had levelled death threats in order to obtain the release of an accomplice who had been arrested over a narcotics-related case.

It was previously reported that Kanjipani Imran’s accomplice was arrested by the Keselwatte Police with 20 grams and 840 milligrammes of heroin in his possession.

Kanjipani Imran’s accomplice was identified as Kemadasan Dushyanthan, 36 year-old resident of Pottuvil.