CID arrests Assistant Commissioner of Anuradhapura Prison

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The Assistant Commissioner of Anuradhapura Prison has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over allegations of unlawfully releasing an inmate of the Anuradhapura Prison under the Presidential Pardon granted for Vesak Poya.

He was arrested by the CID yesterday, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala confirmed.

The move follows the Sri Lanka Police confirming that a statement was recorded from the Commissioner General of Prisons regarding the controversial release of prisoners on a Presidential Pardon for Vesak.

It was also revealed that a certain number of prisoners have been released illegally during this process.

Issuing a statement in this regard, the Police Media Division announced that a complaint was forwarded to the CID by the Presidential Secretariat on 6 June.

The complaint alleged that in addition to the prisoners pardoned under the recent Vesak Poya Day amnesty program, several prisoners were unlawfully released by the prison considering them as prisoners who had been pardoned.

The CID has launched a comprehensive investigation based on the complaint and has questioned the Commissioner General of Prisons. A statement was also recorded from him and further documents are to be examined and additional statements are to be recorded, according to the Police Media Division.

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