Jagath Nishantha, a former police inspector, has been remanded by the Matara Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom in reference to a capturing incident on the W15 Resort in Weligama.
The Justice of the Peace ordered that the suspect be supplied with particular safety whereas in custody and in addition directed that the following listening to be performed through Zoom.
Nishantha was taken into custody by the police at Bandaranaike Worldwide Airport when he returned to Sri Lanka yesterday (23), having been overseas since 2024.
The incident occurred on the thirtieth of December 2023, when a crew of eight officers from the Colombo Crime Division had been deployed to Weligama for a particular operation. Through the operation, gunfire was directed on the W15 Resort in Weligama, after the officers, observing a bunch in a cell patrol car, mistakenly believed them to be the suspects.
Two Colombo Crime Division officers had been injured within the capturing, together with Police Sergeant Upul Kumara, who later succumbed to his accidents.
On the time, allegations had been raised in opposition to then-acting Inspector Common of Police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, claiming that deploying officers to the scene was illegal. A parliamentary committee extensively investigated the incident, convened following a movement by Members of Parliament calling for his elimination from workplace.
Through the committee proceedings, chaired by the present Supreme Courtroom Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, the Colombo Crime Division officers who went to the W15 Resort had been summoned to offer proof. At the moment, Inspector Jagath Nishantha was overseas. The committee famous in a particular report that since he had been abroad in 2024 and had not returned to Sri Lanka, the police division had thought-about him to have deserted service and had issued related documentation.
Through the judicial examination of the W15 Resort capturing on the Matara Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom, journey restrictions had been additionally imposed on former police inspector Jagath Nishantha.
