A writ petition was filed at the Appeal Court today (Feb 22) requesting that the suspects who were involved in assaulting inmates at the Agunukolapelassa prison be produced before courts.
The petition has been filed by the Convenor of the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP), Nandimal de Silva.
Mr. Silva had requested the Appeal Court to instruct the Criminal Investgations Department to produce the suspects involved in assaulting the prisoners before court.
Justice Minister Thalatha Athukorale and seven others have been named as respondents in the case.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
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