The Commissioner of Prisons Emil Ranjan Lamahewa was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last night (28), in connection with the deadly Welikada Prison riots in 2012.
Police spokesman Ruwan Gunesekara said that Lamahewa who functioned as the Superintendent in charge of the Magazine Prison back in 2012, was arrested at his official residence in Dematagoda.
Lamahewa will be produced before the Colombo Magistrate today (29) along with Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), who was also arrested by the CID over the same incident yesterday.
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