Jail Division Media Spokesperson A.C. Gajanayake says that posthumous promotions and compensation have been granted with instant impact to the eight jail officers who tragically misplaced their lives within the Negombo Jail conflict.
Accordingly, Jail Jailer S.H. Chandrawansa, who was killed whereas on obligation, has been posthumously promoted from a Second Class Jailer to a First Class Jailer.
As well as, the seven jail officers who misplaced their lives within the incident, S.D. Abeywardena, B.N. Tharanga, A.D. Tharanga, D.W. Pushpakumara, R.R. Sanjeewa, T.R. Thilakasiri and M.G. Upali, have been posthumously promoted to the rank of Jail Sergeant.
All of those promotions have been made efficient from the date of the respective officers’ deaths.
A compensation cost of Rs. 500,000 has additionally been supplied by the Ministry of Justice to the subsequent of kin of every of the deceased officers.
