When a Parliament translator is abducted -Is this how the police investigates? Shame on law enforcers!

(Lanka-e-News -23.Jan.2012, 11.30PM) Following the shocking abduction of Parliament language translator Sathyaseelan Packiaraj by the criminal white Van, the Trincomalee harbor police had conducted itself even more shockingly , by behaving most indifferently and unlawfully , according to reports reaching Lanka e news.

Believe it or not , despite the most grieved wife of Sathyaseelan arriving at the Harbor police early morning to lodge the complaint , her complaint has been recorded in the police heinous crimes register under No. 01/55 only at 11.35 forenoon. Based on police records , the team for the investigation into this had left the station only at 4.20 p.m.

When a complaint is received that a heinous crime has been committed , it is the onerous duty of the police to take immediate action , but in Sathyaseelan’s criminal abduction , the police had behaved most oddly and dilatorily on purpose apparently. Mind you , the police had initiated inquiries 11 hours later on Sathyaseelan’s abduction committed at 5.30 early morning. It is worthy of note that the victim of this abduction is not an ordinary individual , but rather he is an official Parliament translator. It is a big question mark why the police resorted to this dilatory tactic ? At this rate what is the protection a law abiding citizen has in this country if those in the highest of the State hierarchy themselves are allegedly responsible for abductions , and the law enforcing authorities are also looking the other way ?

While complaints have been made to the police on so many occasions in connection with white Van abductions , yet the police had always behaved indifferently and unlawfully without taking due action . Is it because these abductions are being made with premeditated arrangements with the police who are instructed to act accordingly , to enable the white Van to escape ?

What is most perplexing is , Sathyaseelan had been abducted in a high security zone, Trincomalee..There is a security barrier at Horawipatana and another at the old police junction to provide security to the Town. The Eastern province DIG, Ravi Vidyalankara’s office is situated in the area where this abduction was committed. That means this region is not one that is not an unsecured zone. In these circumstances, who are those responsible and capable of abducting a Parliament language translator ?

From the foregoing , the conduct of the Harbor police is most baffling and rudely shocking. For, if some VIP with the State had been abducted , and if the police had acted this way , the police would have been taken to task. But , in this instance the entire police seem to be backed and safeguarded in their dastardly behavior.

Moreover , a Sinhala constable Karunaratne No. 64678 of the crime division had taken down the complaint No. 01/55 of Sathyaseelan’s wife. This is against the law. The circular issued by the police headquarters clearly lays down that a complaint of a Tamil person shall be recorded by a Tamil police officer . Hence , while there is a Tamil, IP Suresh ,who is the crime division OIC of the Harbor police, the complaint being recorded by a Sinhala constable Karunaratne is absolutely against the law.

Hence, the Harbor police station chief OIC S C Narampanawa is duty bound to furnish answers to these grave charges , while the actual facts surrounding the abduction of Sathyaseelan shall also be revealed.