The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) arrested Commissioner of Prisons (Rehabilitation) Emil Ranjan Lamahewa last night over the deaths of inmates during the prison riot at the Welikada Prison in 2012. Commissioner Lamahewa was then Prisons Superintendent in charge of the Magazine Prison.
Police said he will be produced before the Colombo magistrate today along with Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), who was arrested over the incident yesterday.
At least 27 prison inmates, including suspects in remand custody, were killed during the prison riot.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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