2.9.3
A person was arrested for attempting to set fire to the fuel bowser at Rambukkana
One person was arrested in connection with the alleged attempt to set fire to fuel bowser in Rambukkana
during the protest in Rambukkana on 19 April. A video had been circulated on social media allegedly
depicting the same man wearing a green T-shirt, and he could be seen crossing the railway tracks and
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2.10
Developments on 27 April 2022
2.10.1 Kegalle Magistrate directs IGP to arrest police personnel involved in Rambukkana shooting
The Kegalle Magistrate had held that the Rambukkana death was a result of the shooting and ordered
the police personnel who had undertaken the shooting to be arrested and produced in court.84
According to a lawyer who was present at the court proceedings, an order was also made by the
Magistrate, in response to an application made by the legal team to:
i.
Obtain telephones (official and private), and the telephone records of SSP
Keerthiratne and obtain conversation recordings from the service providers. It had
been already revealed that only the police were in possession of firearms and the SSP
Keerthiratne had ordered the shooting.
ii.
Obtain the medico legal records of all persons who had suffered gunshot injuries
iii.
Produce the blood stained clothes worn by persons who were shot at the scene,
including the deceased
iv.
Submit further B reports on injured persons
v.
Reports on which police officers had released the petrol bowser that had been
interfered with.
vi.
Ordered the Government Analyst to examine the DVR recorders and report to the
court.
‘CID arrests suspect over alleged attempt to set fire to fuel bowser in Rambukkana’ Daily Mirror, 23 April 2022.
https://www.dailymirror.lk/top_story/CID-arrests-suspect-over-alleged-attempt-to-set-fire-to-fuel-bowser-inRambukkana/155-235579
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‘Kegalle Magistrate directs IGP to arrest police personnel involved in Rambukkana shooting’ Daily FT, 27 April
2022. https://www.ft.lk/news/Kegalle-Magistrate-directs-IGP-to-arrest-police-personnel-involved-in-Rambukkanashooting/56-734017
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