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Family calls for probe on SI’s death on Expressway

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The family members of a Sub Inspector of Police who was found dead at a checkpoint on the Katunayake – Colombo Expressway are demanding a probe on the death, despite police claims they believe it was a suicide.

Sub Inspector Ruwan Rathnayake, from Rambewa, Nochchiyagama was found dead at the checkpoint on December 6. Police claimed his service weapon had been used to commit suicide.

But, his wife Priyadharshani Ekanayake said her husband had served in several police stations during the past 30 years and believes he had no reason to commit suicide.

She said he had been on leave the previous day and had been informed that he should present himself at the office of the Negombo Senior Superintendent of Police to make a statement regarding an incident of releasing a suspicious vehicle on the expressway without being checked.

She said that the Acting OIC had ordered the release of a vehicle in which there was a female passenger and two males a few days back. The Acting OIC had said there was no necessity to make a log entry.

‘My husband told me that they were trying to hold him responsible for the incident and that he would expose them. I have suspicion about the death and therefore calling for an inquiry’, he said.

The brother of the deceased, Kanchana Ratnayake said the death was highly suspicious in the manner how investigations had been carried out. He said even the scene of the incident where his body was found had been washed before the Magistrate visited the area.

He also called for a full inquiry.

(sundaytimes.lk)

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Kahawatta murder : 2 suspects remanded

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Two individuals arrested yesterday (July 16) over the abduction and murder of a youth in Kahawatta have been remanded until July 28.

They were remanded after being produced before the Pelmadulla Magistrate’s Court.

Four suspects were arrested in this regard yesterday and the Homagama Magistrate had granted permission to police to detain two suspects for 07 days for questioning while remanding the remaining 02 suspects until they were produced before the Pelmadulla courts today.

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Newborn found abandoned in paddy field in Paragahadeniya

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A newborn has been found abandoned in a paddy field in Paragahadeniya, Mawathagama earlier today (July 17), police stated.

A local resident passing through the paddy field had noticed the newborn lying under a tree in the field and subsequently informed the Mawathagama Police.

The baby was subsequently admitted to the Mawathagama Divisional Hospital.

A doctor who examined the infant had stated that the baby appeared to be one or two days old and following initial examinations, the baby was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.

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SC annuls injunction over compulsory retirement age of nurses

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The Supreme Court today invalidated the interim injunction previously issued by the Court of Appeal preventing the enforcement of the former government’s decision to compulsorily retire nurses in four grades at the age of 60.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also issued another order to the Court of Appeal to re-examine the petition filed before the court regarding this matter. 

The Supreme Court issued this order when an appeal filed by the Attorney General, seeking to declare the relevant interim injunction issued by the Appellate Court as unlawful and invalid, was taken up for hearing today.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Yasantha Kodagoda, Janak de Silva and A. H.M.D. Nawaz issued the order.

During the previous government, the Cabinet of Ministers had taken a decision to make government employees compulsorily retire at the age of 60 years.

The Court of Appeal, which heard writ petitions filed by the Public Service United Nurses’ Association and its President, Venerable Murutthettuwe Ananda Thero, had issued this interim injunction, preventing the implementation of the relevant decision.

The Attorney General had later filed an appeal petition in the Supreme Court, stating that the manner in which this interim injunction was issued is contrary to the law and that the Court of Appeal does not have the power to issue such an order.

After hearing the petition, the three-judge Supreme Court bench issued this order nullifying the interim injunction.

(adaderana.lk)

(This story, originally published by adaderana.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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