A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, January 30, 2016
Skeletal Remains Found in Sri Lanka Secret Navy Prison Where Missing Persons Detained
( Military base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka)
Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya yesterday ordered the CID to
launch a probe into the discovery of skeletal remains in the underground
prison named ‘Gunside’ located within the Ocean Science Faculty
premises of the Naval Command in Trincomalee, during the visit there of
an overseas monitoring group that was probing disappearances in the
East. The CID also told Court that a Dolphin Mitsubishi vehicle bearing
number 6021 had also been discovered in the underground prison.
Inquiries carried out on the chassis number had revealed that the
vehicle had belonged to John Reed of Kotahena from whom it had been
stolen.
The CID also told Court that its investigations had revealed that 11
persons had been abducted and detained at this underground prison.
The CID also told Court that the underground prison cell known as
‘Gunside’ had been sealed on 22 April 2015. The case is to be called on
18 May.
Ceylon Today
Ceylon Today
Missing persons taken into underground cells at Trinco Navy camp: CID
The 11 persons abducted by unidentified groups in Colombo and
surrounding areas in 2008, had been taken to underground detention cells
at a Navy camp in Trincomalee which were supervised by a Navy
Lieutenant Commander, the CID informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate
yesterday.
While revealing the progress of the investigations into the habeas
corpus petitions filed by the parents of missing persons, the OIC of
CID’s Gang Robbery Unit-Inspector Nishantha Silva told Court that
several skeletal remains found at the detention cells have been referred
to the Judicial Medical Officer for an analytical report.
Meanwhile, Inspector Silva told Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya that
the van which was robbed along with abductee Kasthuri Arachchilage John
Reed was found at a Navy camp in Trincomalee.
He said the original colour of the vehicle and its chassis number had
been changed. The vehicle has been currently referred to the Government
Analyst.
The missing persons had been abducted by an unidentified group at Dehiwala, Battaramulla and Wattala in 2008.
Counsel Achala Seneviratne appeared on behalf of the family members of
the missing persons. Further magisterial inquiry into the matter was
fixed for May 18.