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Twenty two year old ,Chamila Dissanayake ,a resident of Monaragala, employed at Katana Smart Shirts Factory, had fallen from the 6th floor of the Negombo hospital on the 12th of November 2007 and was mysteriously killed. Sudarshan Balage,a doctor working at the same hospital was taken into custody by Negombo Police,suspected of Chamila Dissanayake’s death. […]

On the 16th of August 2008, at about 7.30 in the evening ,an armed gang ,with their faces covered had come to Joseph Miranda’s house ,a resident of Wanawasla Kalpetiya,47 year old, fisherman and had forced him into a three wheeler. A relative of Joseph had followed the gang in another three wheeler and had

Seynnool Miswar from Mosque Lane ,Periyamulla,was an inmate in Negombo Prison convicted of raping. had been brutally assaulted and consequently died on the 3rd of July 2008.According to the report of the post mortem the death was due to beating.The names of the perpetrators were revealed by the victim to another inmate Ubeydha ,just before

Forty Three year old Siththi Nazeera ,mother of five children , from Negombo, Sri Lanka ,whose leg was amputated without her consent ,and who fought for compensation,died of heart attack on the 3rd of August. 2008. On the 1st of March 2005, Siththi Nazeera had gone to the Negombo Basic Hospital for cleaning a wound

22 year old Surin Kinson was arrested on the 7th April 2008, by Gampaha Police ,kept him for two days in the cell . On the 9th of April according to Gampaha Police ,they found Kinson hanging inside the cell using his underpants. But the grand mother of Kinson, who brought up Kinson says that

It has been reported that Sub Inspector Wimalakeerthi ,attached to Deniyaya Police Station has been indicted for torturing a 14 year old school boy ,Janaka Pradeep, whom the Police charged for the theft of a hand phone which Janaka Pradeep denied, and also forcing the mother of Janaka to pay the value of the phone.

Sugath Nishantha made a complaint against an Inspector of Police for soliciting a bribe and the Bribery Commission made inquiries , filed a case and the Officer interdicted. Recently while Sugath and his wife were going on a motor cycle,the police had stopped them, threatened and had fabricated two charges as obstruction of duties. On