18 August 2020 04:02 pm Views - 553
Former Negombo Prison Superintendent Anuruddha Sampayo and three prison officers who were taken into the CID custody were further remanded till August 31 by Negombo Magistrate’s Court today.
Anuruddha Sampayo, who had been evading arrest over a week surrendered to police in Kurunegala earlier this month.
Earlier, the Negombo Magistrate on the reference of the AG’s Department issued arrest warrants on Sampayo, when he was found to have arranged a couple of top drug suspects kept at the Negombo Prison with unwarranted ‘luxury’ like facilities in their prison cells.
Video by Prasad Mutukuda