{"id":167941,"date":"2016-09-21T01:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=167941"},"modified":"2016-09-21T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T19:52:14","slug":"dinesh-says-police-duty-to-safeguard-a-life-sagala-says-looking-at-installing-cctv-cameras-at-police-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dinesh-says-police-duty-to-safeguard-a-life-sagala-says-looking-at-installing-cctv-cameras-at-police-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinesh Says Police Duty To Safeguard A Life; Sagala Says Looking at Installing CCTV Cameras At Police Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Law &amp; Order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sagala+Ratnayaka&amp;x=9&amp;y=1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sagala Ratnayaka<\/span><\/a> told Parliament on Tuesday that his Ministry was looking at installing CCTV cameras at police stations and prison departments. He made this statement in response to a declaration by Joint Opposition Parliamentarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Dinesh+Gunawardena&amp;x=8&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dinesh Gunawardena<\/span><\/a> that it was the duty of the police to safeguard a person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157807\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dinesh-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157807\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-157807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dinesh-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dinesh\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dinesh<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a case about some robbery; this is a case where a man has lost his life. This is a very serious matter. If a person who is breathing goes into a police station, that same person must leave the police station breathing,\u201d Gunawardena said with reference to the incident where a 30 year old man died while in custody at the Pussellawa Police station over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Opposition Parliamentarian also said that be it Sinhalese, Tamils or Muslims, no person should die while in police custody. \u201cWe are asking for a special investigation and we<br \/>\nwant the culprits to be punished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Ratnayaka said that as per regulation, the police must check the condition of an inmate every half an hour. \u201cUsually at any police station from the reserve desk, the police officer can see the inmate in the cell. But at this station, where the reserve desk is located the officer cannot see the cell directly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157114\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sagala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157114\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sagala.jpg\" alt=\"Sagala Ratnayaka - Minister of Law &amp; Order \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sagala.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sagala-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sagala Ratnayaka &#8211; Minister of Law &amp; Order<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ratnayaka added that disciplinary action will be taken if the officers were found of any wrongdoing. \u201cI have ordered the police stations and prison department to explore the possibilities of installing CCTV cameras,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend two police officers; a Sub Inspector and a Police Constable attached to the Pussellawa Police Station were suspended after 30 year old Kaviraj Ravichandran from Pussellawa died reportedly from committing suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell using the shirt he was wearing. However, residents fear he may have been tortured to his death by the police.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a magisterial inquiry will be held on Friday where the Government Analyst will submit the report over the cause of Ravichandran\u2019s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":157807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dinesh Says Police Duty To Safeguard A Life; Sagala Says Looking at Installing CCTV Cameras At Police Stations - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dinesh-says-police-duty-to-safeguard-a-life-sagala-says-looking-at-installing-cctv-cameras-at-police-stations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dinesh Says Police Duty To Safeguard A Life; 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