Waiting for information: Scene outside Mahara Prison after the incident
The next of kin of inmates who were at the Mahara Prison during the November 29 catastrophe are on the lookout for their loved ones.
Most of them have not been able to trace their whereabouts. The result has been a collective effort by the Committee to Protect the Rights of Prisoners headed by Senaka Perera, Attorney-at-law.
This Committee has now obtained sworn affidavits from close relatives of inmates who were visiting the Mahara Prison until the incidents broke out there.
According to Edirisinghe Karunawathie (55) of Maligawatte, her son Kaluarachchige Suminda Madsanka has been imprisoned in Mahara Prison for nearly two years due to an ongoing case in the Wattala Magistrate’s Court. She has said that she has visited him on several occasions and that her son bore suspect number 1893.