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By Norman Palihawadane
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recorded statements from 255 individuals up to yesterday regarding the recent Mahara Prison riot.
Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told
The Island that 27 statements had been recorded on Saturday (12) alone. Among them were statements from 11 prison officials and 16 inmates.
The CID launched investigations into the incidents on Dec 1.
The expert committee appointed for the conducting of postmortems of the inmates who died in the Mahara Prison riot had so far completed two examinations, DIG Rohana said, adding that reports in that regard were due to be submitted to the court.
Eleven inmates died in the recent violent events at the Mahara Prison and eight of them were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection posthumously.
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka have opposed the abolition of the Public Utilities Commission.
In a joint statement, the LSSP and the CP have said that the Commission was established by the Parliament Act No. 35 of 2002 and “no institution outside Parliament has the power to abolish an institution established by an Act of Parliament, and that this can only be done by Parliament itself.”
The Joint Statement, signed by LSSP General Secretary Prof. Tissa Vitarana, and General Secretary of the CP Dr. G. Weerasinghe, said: The Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka are objecting the decision to abolish the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.
Sheer negligence on the part of Treasury, Parliament revealed island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.