Emil Ranjan, Rangajeewa remanded till April 10

29 March 2018 02:43 pm Views - 4485

Prison Department’s Rehabilitation Commissioner and Magazine Prison’s former superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewa and Police Narcotic Bureau Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa were remanded till April 10 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today.

They were arrested last night in connection with the killing of 27 Welikada Prison inmates in November 2012.

They were to be produced in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today but it was reported that they were admitted to the National Hospital.

The CID said that the magistrate visited the hospital and issued the order. (Piyumi Fonseka)

 

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