Deputy Solicitor General Yohan Abeywickrama informed Matara Magistrate Aruna Buddhadasa yesterday (22) that the documents regarding the investigation into the incident of Contempt of Court against suspended Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon has been completed.
The Deputy Solicitor General informed the Court that the Attorney General is prepared to take further legal action against Tennakoon in relation to the incident.
Tennakoon and the other eight suspects charged in connection with the incident appeared in Court when the case was called.
Accordingly, the following order was issued when the case regarding the shooting incident in which a Police officer died at a hotel in the Pelena area of Weligama was called up again. This case was filed against interdicted IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon and Roshan Lakshitha, who took him out of the Court complex in a motor vehicle after he was granted bail, on charges of violating Court orders and contempt of Court in relation to the incident.
Matara Magistrate Aruna Buddhadhasa on April 25 stated that an investigation should be conducted into whether an incident amounting to a contempt of Court had happened due to Tennakoons behaviour in the Court premises after being granted bail. The Magistrate, who emphasised that his Court did not have the legal authority to act in this regard, had ordered the Attorney General on the previous court date to file a case against Deshabandu Tennakoon before the Court of Appeal.
After considering the facts, the Magistrate set the case for hearing on October 10 at 10 am.
(dailynews.lk)
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