{"id":159684,"date":"2016-03-25T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T08:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159684"},"modified":"2016-03-25T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T10:05:58","slug":"ten-police-officers-to-be-charged-over-embilipitiya-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ten-police-officers-to-be-charged-over-embilipitiya-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Police Officers To Be Charged Over Embilipitiya Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Police Commission will charge ten police officers in connection with the death of the 29-year old man who died in a police clash in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Embilipitiya&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Embilipitiya<\/span><\/a> early this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_84405\" style=\"width: 129px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/siri-hettige-april-28-2013\/siri-hettige\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84405\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Siri-Hettige.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Siri Hettige - Chairman of the Police Commission\" width=\"119\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Siri Hettige &#8211; Chairman of the Police Commission<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Commission having completed its investigations into the incident, has reached a consensus that the police were involved in the man\u2019s death, which occurred in January. The investigation was carried out by a three member committee.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, charge sheets will be issued to ten police officers, in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>Former ASP of Embilipitiya D. W. C. 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