Death threat for the decease Sumith Prasanna’s wife

 Feb 03, 2016

Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of Embilipitiya area D.W.C. Dharmarathna has been arrested by the CID today for the murder of Sumith Prasanna, a father of a child who died due to a clash between the Embilipitiya police and a group of people attended a party at Embilipitiya.

Death threat
Deceased wife Sashika Munasinghe said that she is inflicted with death threats in search for the cause of her husband’s death.

Shshika Munasinghe said that a wealthy business woman and a Buddhist clergy is persuading her to stop search the murderers of her husband therefore she is scared of her life and her daughter’s.

The order issued on the 27th during the day the release of the autopsy report by the additional magistrate to take the suspects told by the witness (Shashika Munasinghe) in to custody was carried out only today.

Intimidations
She said this business woman has said, that she would pay money from a Buddhist clergy’s foundation and urged her not to continue the case.

Sashika Munasinghe said she got a call from her to meet her on January 28th and she and her daughter went and met her without telling her.

She further said this business woman has told that she is holding many positions in the society and she is a journalist. However she said this business woman has told her, since she is getting the required protection of the clergy to keep this matter as a secret.

An order to the Attorney General
A petition was filed yesterday 2nd urging the Supreme Court to order the attorney general to file a case against the police officers responsible for the murder of deceased Sumith Prasanna under the international convention for the prevention of torture.

The complaint has been filed by the deceased wife and three people who were assaulted by these police officers.

The petitioners said that Sumith Prasanna died due to police torture. The complainers said the police are directly liable for this crime and urged the Supreme Court to order the attorney general to file a case against the accused under prevention of torture bill.

Petitioners lawyer Priyalal Sirisena said the attorney general is reluctant to file a case against the relevant police officers under the prevention of torture bill.

Ten million compensation
Petitioners lawyer, Priyalal Sirisena said the attorney general’s argument that if a case is filed under the relevant bill, the police officers who conducts the investigation would be discouraged cannot be accepted.

The Inspector General of Police, Embilipitiya Assistant Superintendent of Police and another nine police officers connected to this are named as respondents.

The petitioner’s urged the Supreme Court to order the respondents to pay 10 million compensation to the deceased whose fundamental rights have been violated.