IGP Pujith Jayasundara who was accused of threatening his subordinates told a bunch of his close friends that he was not 100 % but 1000% sure that President Maithripala Sirisena would not take any action against him, Colombo Telegraph can reveal today.
A leaked video going viral on social media shows IGP Jayasundara abusing his powers in an incident that had taken place a few months ago, on 11 April 2017. The IGP is seen assaulting a lift operator at the Police Head Quarters. It is reported that he had been enraged that the said lift operator had not followed a meditation program that he had made compulsory for all staff every morning. In the same video the IGP is caught threatening to allegedly rape a female working under him too.
Interestingly the leaked video had all this time been under the possession of the Criminal Investigation Department at the time of the leakage.
At a gathering on Tuesday IGP Jayasundara told a close friend who in turn blurted it out to many “I am the one who saved President’s son Daham when he and his friends went berserk and smashed the Clique night club and assaulted its staff. The President was not in the country at that time. He was very worried and I took care of that problem for President Sirisena. I obtained all related CCTV footage from all the buildings surrounding the Clique night club including their own CCTV footage. I even advised the Maradana Police Station and to the entire Police force not to proceed with any investigations and not talk to the media. I also arranged for President Sirisena to watch the CCTV footage on his return. Then President himself spoke to all the media heads and begged them not to expose the incident, although bloody Colombo Telegraph had by then exclusively carried the entire episode including video footage of the saga. Several social media copied it and then carried the story. Only one daily newspaper published a story about the incident, but they did not mention Daham Sirisena’s name. They referred to Daham as the son of a VVIP. This is how I managed to hush up the entire incident”.
“I not only saved President Sirisena and his son, but I also saved all the Veyangoda gangsters from media exposure who happened to be the President’s relatives” he went on to confess.”Still the Sri Lankan public have no idea about who that VVIP was,” he said.
A close friend had then inquired from IGP Jayasundara: “If after several months this video which was leaked exposing you in full and now the chances are that you may get the sack. If that happens would you also expose Daham Sirisena’s Clique night club saga to the entire media?“
Meanwhile speaking to journalists at the weekly Cabinet Ministers press briefing, Government spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne said “The IGP’s behaviour in the video footage is similar to torture. When international organizations’ accuse our police officers of torturing suspects when in custody, we will have no choice but to agree and accept it. This entire incident simply embarrassed our entire Police force”. (Jacqueline Senanayake).
Gema / August 18, 2017
I have a question to CT,
Why can not your editorial board assign a few experienced journalists to interview IGP and other so-called top brass of Yahapalanaya just like we do in the West, ask pointblank all these questions, corner them and give them shit. If they lie like RaviK and play ignorance with answers like ‘I don’t know, I don’t remember’, there will obviously be a public backlash. These buggers will have no option but to tell the truth.Grill these freaking idiots and force them to retire for the sake of the country.
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whywhy / August 19, 2017
Gema ,
And the next IGP ? Another clean man waiting down the line ?
It will take at least another 25 years to see the police getting
only a decent amount of blames for fraud and corruption if
reforms start now ! Latest move of Rs 25000 fine for traffic
related offences is another salary increase on the sly for the
traffic police . Just wait and see !
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Desapremiya / August 19, 2017
Comrade Gema, we cannot compare our country to other countries or their journalistic freedom. Comrade, you are out of touch with the reality of life that our suffering masses go through every day. Our country is governed by low lives and any prevailing law is bent to favour politicians and their stooges to live the luxury and high life at our expense. I cannot answer for the CT although I ask these questions from you. What media organization or journalist is stupid enough to sacrifice their own employee or put his own life on the line to become the next assassinated Lasantha Wickaramatunge or Richard de Zoysa or the tortured Poddala Jayantha? What Insurance company would be stupid enough to offer a life insurance policy that will indemnify the true cost of human life? Have you not heard the expression that life is priceless? Truly life here is pricess-less or no value here for the thugs in police uniform or for those in politics. “Pissu katha nokkara hittapun sahodaraya” (Brother avoid talking crazyness).
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Nic / August 19, 2017
This basically tells us we have spineless, unprincipled imbeciles as President, PM and Ministers. Shame on us for having elected these pariahs. President has enough of skeletons in his cupboard as much Ranil with lending his rear end around the country, so much so contrary to his pronouncements pre elections, he had to appoint all those dicks he owes the pleasure provided. This is one bastard who with all the wealth he has could not carry the burden when UNP was cash strapped instead the late General Secretary pawned all he had including his wristwatch to pay monthly bills! Ranil you are an f’ing disgrace to your erstwhile dad. His ashes must be turning where ever it has been strewn.
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Mallaiyuran / August 18, 2017
Open microphone Criminal Jeyam saved Nightclub rowdy New Son Prince. War Criminal New King saved open microphone Jeyam. 21st Century foxy criminal saved War Criminal New & Old Kings. West saved the Baric party UNP and Batalanda crime Ranil. Sampanthar saved the West in Lankawe from China’s submarines. Now every criminal and every kind of criminals are saved, but the Mothers who lost their loved ones and the 90 thousand who have become widows and children who have become orphans are still standing on the road because of Sampanthar’s refused to save them in January 2015. Now, he and Sumanthiran have promised, if Ranil talk with them they sign the 20th amendment to abolish 13A.
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srinath gunaratne / August 18, 2017
Perverting the cause of justice is a criminal offense!
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Native Vedda / August 18, 2017
srinathan gunaratnam
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“Perverting the cause of justice is a criminal offense!”
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Finally you got to the bottom of the issues. When are you planning to throw present past politicians, state functionaries, mediating political pimps, criminals, war criminals, political brats…… in the prison?
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Hamlet / August 25, 2017
NV;
There would be no room in the Prisons, if this were to Happen, in Our MotherLand, where ‘You Scratch my Back, and I will Scratch Yours’ is the Norm!
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Ad / August 18, 2017
Some similarity. SN De S did the same to MR. Now PJ claim to have done this to MS. Both show as religious pundits. But in reality they are thugs.
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Rtd. Lt. Reginald Shamal Perera / August 18, 2017
What that Thattaya did was insubordination of the highest order. If he’s working for the Police, he should be taking orders from his superiors. If he cannot, he should take his Lunch bag and go home.
This IGP seems too nice a person, if it was me I’d crack his Thatte with one single punch and crack it open like a cocount shell.
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Tamil from the north / August 18, 2017
Rtd. Lt. Reginald Shamal Perera: here we go again with a low class low level army fellow tooting his BS horn after hiding under a bed during the war. I am sure you ran with your tail tucked between your legs the sound of kottiya.
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Rtd. Lt. Reginald Shamal Perera / August 18, 2017
Tamil coolie,
No, we raised our 3rd front leg perpendicular to our body when we saw your women.
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Tamil from the north / August 19, 2017
Rtd. Lt. Reginald Shamal Perera: Tamil coolie, No, we raised our 3rd front leg perpendicular to our body when we saw your women.
Tamil from the north: Yes, I agree with you. But I also want to state another point, had you stopped having an erection and fought the war like a real military man, you would have finished the war in 1 year. Now I know why the war dragged for the 30 years. Also many soldiers who rose the ranks to General started out as Privates in the Army. Now I know why your rise stopped abruptly with a Lt., position. Bloody coolie, why do you even put this silly low level rank in front of your name and make a clown of yourself?
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K A Sumanasekera / August 19, 2017
Quit while you are in front mate………..This is no low class, low rank Lieutenant ………Even high ranking high class dudes whom I have come across can’t write the way this dude does…….
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Aku / August 18, 2017
Oooo Shamal… do I sense an intimate affection here??? Maybe you need a good crack on your bottom crack so it blows open like this coconut shell you speak of??? Maybe your pujit was too small for you???
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Desapremiya / August 19, 2017
Comrade Perera,
Am I to take it that “Rtd” in front of your name is for RETARD! Judging by your low rate comments, I think you are a mental patient who has forgotten to take your meds or the meds that were prescribed have no effect on you. You comrade are a disgrace to a military uniform or any kind of uniform. I think municipal garbage haulers have better respect and dignity. You comrade are a disgrace of human kind. If this IGP had any charisma or any leadership skills, he would have got one of his low life goons like yourself to do his dirty job by trying to discipline that “lift operator”. All this “Adarmaya” because the poor lift operator did not attend a morning meditation.
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Gratiaen Hewa / August 18, 2017
People are no fools to believe this story. IGPolice to the best of our knowledge wouldn’t have narrated such an irresponsible revelation with so-called people even it is so, because it’s involving the President in our country. He is a very senior officer holding the most responsible and highest position in the Police Dept.It is crystal clear that this is an attempt to disturb the mind of the President, thinking that the latter will definitely believe it and deal with the IGP.This clearly shows to be a miserable effort by some person or persons who are trying to fish in troubled waters.
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Dayan / August 19, 2017
Human behavior is such. PujiJa knows his weakness and meditation is for his own good. Grant him Medical leave and appoint next senior officer to act , without unfair political pressure. Educated trained dignified officers have to curry favor political gangsters with executive powers to safeguard their future. Sirichena talkative man has lost his bearings.SaStone will back police to do a good job.God Bless S Lanka.
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Edward / August 19, 2017
Simple ! all sri lankans continue to vote your bandy legged politicians to power at every election and suffer the consequences.
Their failures are your faults in the misuse of your vote at every election.
Will you ever learn ????????????
No ! because you are fools and fools you will be.
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marlan .de.silva- canada / August 19, 2017
These are pathetic incidents , being a IGP in the country and publishing this kind of articles to the media, and who involved in that matter was country’s No. 1 citizens [ President’s]. The highest law enforcement officer behaves like this what to say about the others in the police force . The main reason when these people comes to power by the votes of innocent civilians , and this is how their family circles behaves with their powers . No laws or punishments for them . As examples this guy Daham, former minister’s sons Mervin’s son, Keheliya’s son and former president MR’s sons , country’s people knows about and they are helpless . This is how the country’s situation , and people have to watch this corrupt politicians dramas nothing else . The laws are only for the innocent people in the country . These things has to wiped out and makes the thuggery free ,crimes free, corrupt free lawful country for all peace loving people to live happily with out any fear .
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Steve / August 19, 2017
Wonder what would have been the out come it the info word have been published during the former government?
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vas / August 20, 2017
The fraud and corruption continues under this IGP. Ask IGP, Tell IGP are a joke. They don’t address the complaint ,ignore the complaint makes a mockery of the police by covering up fraud and corruption. He should save sri lankan law and order by resigning.
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Samanta Silva / August 20, 2017
It’s disgusting how the Sr Lanka Police force act who come to protect the civilians and act like criminals. It’s top to the bottom problem. The boss abuses his workers, the workers going and abuse innocent civilians.
Recently my fiance was taken into custody by CID for without clear evidence for someone accusation and put her in the prison.
The CID team went to arrest her verbally and physically abused her. The case is going to hear on Monday at Aluthkade court. The CID trying to fabricate the event and try to criminalise the innocent women.
This craziness of the police must stop and need to restore the dignity of the human beans. I will be going to take those responsible CID officers to the Court and pay for their crimes if the land has the right law.
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Sim / August 22, 2017
The Police is there to protect the people of the country but no to protect people who do wrong things.
Please resign and go home if can’t do a proper job
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Kunchithapathan P / August 22, 2017
IGP Pujitha is the pioneer in busting many drug deals in the past which the whole country knows. He is a gentleman par excellence. The incident of punishing a subordinate within the department is absolutely internal and a minor issue. It is totally absurd to call for his resignation on issues like this.
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