CustodialViolence

Alleged Police Misconduct and Custodial Violence Against Three Brothers in Talpe

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 Editor

M.A. Shehan Kumar, M. Gimhana Tarusha Kumar, and M.A. Samira are brothers living in the same house in the Talpe area. On June 8th, around 8:00 PM, while they were watching television, five officers in civilian clothes arrived and began assaulting Shehan Gayantha Kumar, the second child of the family. At this time, the eldest son questioned why his brother was being taken by the police, to which they responded it was due to an issue with a gas cylinder. The mother arrived home at this time and stated that…

Alleged Police Brutality in Midigama: Young Man Claims Assault and False Drug Charges

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 Editor

D.Nipun Mahinsa, 23 years old, is a resident of Weligama. On 16th September 2024 at around 8.00 pm, he was staying with six other people at his relative’s house and playing cards for money. At that time, six police officers came and arrested all of them. All of them were taken to the Midigama Police Station and put in jail on the grounds that a ganja case would be filed against them. There, the officer named Saman Lal took the national identity card of the youth named Nipun Mahinsa and…