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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Cinnamon Garden police becomes three-wheeler park, Sagala finds for himself
The
Cinnamon Garden police, an A-1 grade very important police station in
the Colombo municipality area, has today been relegated to a three
wheeler park, subject minister Sagala Ratnayake found during an
unannounced inspection visit this morning (26).
Policemen own 65 three wheelers
Every policeman attached to the Cinnamon Garden police own a three
wheeler or two. And it has become a daily occurrence that they go on
hires even during duty hours, according to complaints received by the
law and order ministry. The situation has become such due to no OIC
being appointed to the police station for nine months now. The acting
OIC was not in when Ratnayake paid the visit.
Angered by the inefficiency and misconduct by the police, the minister
telephoned DIG in charge of Colombo Pathinayake on his mobile phone, but
he intentionally avoided answering the call. He did not get any
response when he telephoned western province DIG Nandana Munasinghe
either.
Later, Ratnayake telephoned the IGP, who was doing his morning exercises
at the Police Park. He arrived at Cinnamon Garden police a short while
later, and had no answer to give in the face of the barrage of questions
thrown at him by the minister. He only managed to tell the minister
that the Police Commission was responsible for appointing an OIC, but
despite several reminders sent by him, it had not yet made the
appointment.
The acting OIC there is a wealthy businessman and is known as a
money-lender. His wife owns a beauty salon at Wellawatte. It is
patronized by SSPs, SPs and ASP in Colombo. When they need a vehicle for
a private matter, it is the acting OIC who come to their help.
Ratnayake has been receiving complaints about Cinnamon Garden police,
and he paid the surprise visit to find out the truth for himself. Until
this afternoon, the DIGs for Colombo and western province had not
responded to the minister’s calls.
Await a detailed report about the three wheeler mafia by Cinnamon Garden police….