Ex-DIG, son and wife indicted in Nipuna Ramanayake assault case
September 19, 2016 04:12 pm
Attorney General today indicted eight people including former DIG Vass Gunawardena, his son and wife in the Nipuna Ramanayake assault case.
The indictments were filed when the case was taken up for hearing before the Colombo High Court this morning.
Ramanayake, a 21-year-old student of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) at Malabe was abducted and allegedly assaulted on August 09, 2009 by the son and wife of then SSP Vaas Gunawardena along with 11 other policemen.
It is alleged that the student was abducted at gunpoint and assaulted for several hours, over a personal feud, by Ravindu and a group of police officers.
The accused have been released on a cash bail of Rs.50,000 and a personal bail of Rs.500,000 each, except the former DIG and his son Ravindu Gunawardena who have been sentenced to death over the murder of Mohamed Shiyam.
The case will be taken up for hearing again on 6 February.
