FUTA head complains to police

June 21, 2012, 10:22 pm , the island.


President of Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri yesterday lodged a complaint with the Maharagama police that he was under threat.

Dr. Devasiri told the police that two unidentified persons had visited his house in Pannipitiya on Wednesday while he and other family members were away and inquired from a neighbour about him and his daughter’s daily routine.

The FUTA chief said that on being asked why they were making such inquiries, the strangers had told the neighbour that his (Dr. Devasiri’s) daughter had applied for a job in the Defence Ministry. (DE)