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A security officer who was falsely charged with theft and tortured to confess by the Headquarters Inspector of Teldeniya is an example of the inability of the Sri Lankan police to conduct proper criminal investigations and the total collapse of the administration of justice in Sri Lanka, the Asian Human Rights Commission<\/a><\/span> says.<\/p>\n

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Inspector General of Police<\/p><\/div>\n

Mr. Jayantha Aberatne (37) of No: 102, Dehikatiya Watte, Wegala,Madamahanuwara is a private security officer by profession and was\u00a0working at the Teldeniya Development Bank. Jayantha is married and his\u00a0two children are regularly attending school. He has been working as a\u00a0security officer for the last 16 years, the AHRC case narrative says.<\/p>\n

On 21 June 2013 at 1 p.m. when Jayantha was on duty, he was summoned\u00a0to the office of the Teldeniya Headquarters Inspector of Police. When\u00a0he met the HQI named Dharmaratne, he was questioned about some white\u00a0sandal wood that was lost at the Magistrate’s Court and when Jayantha\u00a0told him he had no knowledge of the matter the HQI locked his office\u00a0door and severely beat him. Dharmaratne kicked him in the groin and\u00a0stomach. He was stripped of his uniform and during the beating a\u00a0finger on his right hand was broken, AHRC says.<\/p>\n

The Commission report says that after he was severely tortured Jayantha was asked by the HQI to admit that he helped others to steal the white sandal wood from the\u00a0Magistrate’s Court. Afterwards, one by one around three people were\u00a0brought to the office and Jayantha had to say: “I did this business\u00a0with you”. Jayantha states that after severe torture he had no option\u00a0other than to do what the HQI ordered him to do. According to Jayantha\u00a0the white sandal wood was in the custody of the Magistrate’s Court as\u00a0case productions and had been misplaced. The HQI wanted to arrest some\u00a0people over the matter. Jayantha was detained at the police station on\u00a021 June and his mobile phone was used to call his friends.<\/p>\n

On 22 June Jayantha was produced in court and remanded at the\u00a0Bogambara Remand Prison. Upon his arrival Jayantha told the prison\u00a0officers about the torture he had endured and was admitted to the\u00a0Prisons Hospital. He was bailed out on 24 June, 2013 and following his\u00a0release Jayantha was admitted to the Teldeniya Government Hospital\u00a0where he was treated until 27June.<\/p>\n

The HQI filled a case against Jayantha and the case was called on\u00a0three occasions. Further on, Jayantha made an entry at the Regional\u00a0Office of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission in Kandy under the\u00a0reference of HRC\/K\/83\/3\/T\/I against his rights violation. Jayantha\u00a0denies all the allegations made against him and feels that his\u00a0fundamental rights were denied.<\/p>\n

AHRC has urged people to write to the Sri Lankan authorities listed below expressing\u00a0your concern about this case and requesting an immediate investigation\u00a0into the allegations of illegal arrest, illegal detention and torture\u00a0by the police perpetrators, as well as the prosecution of those proven\u00a0to be responsible under the criminal law of the country for misusing\u00a0powers of a state.<\/p>\n

AHRC says the victim must be released from the prolonged\u00a0arbitrary detention immediately. The officers involved must also be\u00a0subjected to internal investigations for the breach of the department\u00a0orders as issued by the police department. Furthermore, please also\u00a0request the NPC and the IGP to have a special investigation into the\u00a0malpractices of the police officers for abusing the state officers’\u00a0powers.<\/p>\n

The AHRC has also written a separate letter to the\u00a0UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading\u00a0Treatment or Punishment and the Working Group on Arbitrary Arrest and\u00a0Detention on this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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