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Ex-Kegalle SSP arrested over Rambukkana shooting

28 Apr 2022

  • Three other cops also nabbed in Kandy
  • Arrests follow IGP directive to CID
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Former Kegalle Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) K. B. Keerthiratne was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Colombo, while another three police officers were arrested at Kundasale in Kandy over the fatal shooting of a person during a recent protest in the Rambukkana area, the Police announced yesterday night (28). This was announced by Senior Police Media Spokesman Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Attorney Ajith Rohana last night, following Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne’s instructions to the CID to take immediate action based on the court order given by the Kegalle Magistrate’s Court. The Kegalle Magistrate’s Court, on 27 April, ordered IGP Wickramaratne to arrest and produce before court all Police officers involved in the shooting to death of a person during a protest in the Rambukkana area. The directive was issued by Kegalle Magistrate Wasana Nawarathna when the case was taken up on 27 April.  The Magistrate ordered the arrest of the police officers who ordered to open fire on the protesters and those who had opened fire during the said protest in Rambukkana on 19 April, which led to the death of a protester and injured more than 30 others. When contacted by The Morning yesterday (28) afternoon, Police Media Spokesman SSP Attorney-at-Law Nihal Thalduwa said: “No arrests have been made as of now. When IGP Wickramaratne receives the order issued by the Court, arrests will be made. The order should be received in writing. Just because it was reported in the media, arrests cannot be made.”  However, in a media notice issued this evening, SSP Thalduwa stated that it was received by the Police Headquarters. Following the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation having announced a fuel price hike with effect from midnight on 18 April, filling stations in the Rambukkana area had stopped issuing fuel. However, the people who were waiting in queues near filling stations until midnight that day started a protest in the Rambukkana area demanding the release of fuel at the old prices.  Accordingly, they staged a protest on 19 April from 1.30 a.m., blocking the Colombo-Kandy railway line in the Rambukkana area. The Rambukkana-Mawanella, Rambukkana-Kegalle, and Rambukkana-Kurunegala Main Roads were also blocked due to the protests.

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