Dep. Minister questioned after 5 long days regarding attack on PC and arson

(Lanka-e-News-06.June.2014, 3.30PM) The police has yesterday(05), after an inordinate delay of 5 days recorded a statement of the deputy Minister Hemal Gunasekera in connection with the attack launched on police constable (PC) Suminda Saman while he was on duty at the Kottawa entry point to the southern expressway .

The Mirihana special crime division had recorded his statement . The culprit Minister however has entered into a heated altercation with the police officer and claimed that he had nothing to do with the attack though he argued with Suminda Saman. 

It is significant to note under the present Mahinda Chinthana which has now become a Mahajanaya’s karadara , it is after a five days dillydallying , a statement of a wrongdoing Minister of the regime is recorded. The incident of attacking Saminda , attempted shooting and setting fire to his car took place on the 30 th last month , yet it took five long days for the Sri Lanka police to take action against a criminal Minister even in the instance where its own officer was the victim of the violence and arson at the hands of the Minister. Moreover nobody has been arrested so far.

The worst and disgraceful part ? the police instead of lauding PC Suminda for bravely discharging his duty duly had taken action against him for trying to enforce the law , simply because the culprit is a deputy Minister, in keeping with the characteristic double standards practiced by the police under the current lawless regime . It is learnt investigations were launched by the police to determine whether Suminda had made a bogus complaint and himself set the car on fire. It was however discovered that the insurance policy of the vehicle did not cover fire thereby dispelling police suspicions .

Subsequently , the PC had been taken to the police station to inquire into whether there are links between his statement and the incident. This clearly demonstrates all these actions conform to the ancient eccentric King Kekile’s course of justice , because under the evidence ordinance of SL , it is not the complainant but the suspect who should be taken to the venue of the incident and inquired. That also, only when further evidence is to be sought based on the statement made by the suspect.


Believe it or not , instead , the police who ought to know the legal procedures had taken the complainant instead of the suspect to the scene of the incident which is a grave blunder.

On top of all these blatant attempts to subvert the legal process , Minister Keheliya Rambukwella when addressing a media briefing to reveal Cabinet decisions with reference to this incident made this episode a joke and behaved himself like a clown . His moronic answer in keeping with his deep seated stupidity ,to a question posed by a journalist was : between the two incidents -threats posed by the culprit Minister and the assault launched , there was no nexus ,and even if the PC had been attacked by a serpent , is Hemal Gunasekera responsible ? the idiotic Minister questioned .A journalist who was smarter quipped ‘ being not attacked by a serpent is the issue.’ 

Keheliya the buffoon who is unable to conceal his buffoonery despite a face covering beard could not go any longer with his tomfoolery, finally gave a flimsy excuse , that the attack was launched not two hours after the threats , but after ten days , and therefore much water could have passed under the bridge during that period.