Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Lecturer allegedly threatened by cops

Dailymirror

By Ananda Weerasuriya
The Mt. Lavinia Additional Magistrate Ruchira Weliwatta granted two suspected Police Constables attached to the Judges Security Division who had allegedly threatened a university lecturer at gun point after crashing their motorcycles onto his vehicle.
The court enlarged the suspect PCs,  Ananda Kodikara and S Wickramasinghe on Rs 50,000 surety bail.
The suspect police constables attached to the security unit of Appeal Court Judge Sarath Abrew on July 29 were riding on their motorcycles towards Ratmalana and at around 5.30 pm near the Bellanthara Junction, the two motor cycles had collided with a motor car.
The two motorcyclists had fallen with the impact and a  pistol belong to one of them too had fallen. One of the suspects picking up the pistol had aimed it at the driver of the Motor Car who was later identified as Janaka Ranganath, a lecturer attached the University of Moratuwa. On a complaint made by the lecturer the police apprehended the suspected Police Constables and had produced them before courts. 

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