CCTV footage on day of Rajagiriya accident erased - Police
March 30, 2016 06:28 pm
The case pertaining to the traffic collision in Rajagiriya involving a vehicle belonging to Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka and a youth riding a motorcycle was taken up for hearing at the Colombo Traffic Court today (30).
Welikada Police informed court that the Minister of Megapolis and Western Development was questioned regarding the incident and that a statement was recorded.
Police further said that although footage obtained from CCTV cameras were used in the investigation, the footage from the day of the incident had already erased.
A report has also been obtained after analyzing 3 telephone numbers of the Minister as per a court order, police said.
However, attorneys representing the victim declared to the court that the 3 phone numbers provided by the Minister were not used by him at that instance.
They then submitted to the court 2 numbers allegedly used by the Minister at that time while the court ordered that those numbers also be analyzed and called for a report.
