Vaas Gunawardena transferred to prison hospital
June 16, 2013 12:49 am
DIG Vaas
Gunawardena, who is a suspect in the abduction and murder of a businessman in
Dompe was taken from the Colombo National Hospital to the Prison Hospital last
night (June 15), sources at the Prison Hospital stated.
DIG Vaas Gunawardena who was arrested over the murder of a businessman in Dompe was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital due to an illness on June 13.
He was
admitted to Ward 42 while the DIG was further remanded until June 25 by the
Colombo Additional Magistrate A.M. Shabdeen.
DIG
Gunawardena was arrested on June 10 and was being questioned under a 72-hour
detention order, Police said.
Bambalapitiya-based
businessman Mohamed Siyam was abducted and murdered in the Dompe area on May
22.
Following
investigations conducted into the incident, the Criminal Investigations
Department (CID) on June 06 arrested Sub-Inspector Lakmini Bamunusinghe,
attached to the office of the DIG Western Province (North), along with three
Police Constables (PCs) serving in the DIG’s special unit.
Upon
interrogating the arrested police officers, the CID uncovered information
regarding the DIG’s alleged involvement in the businessman’s murder and
recorded a statement from DIG Vaas Gunawardena on the same day.
