As per our adherence to right to reply, we publish below the substance of the letter sent by him in the Sinhala language.
The CID has been given the details, including scientific, with regard to the deaths of prisoners at the Welikada prison riot, which has in turn been submitted to courts. I expect Lanka News Web to study those and report the truth. You have to take responsibility for the rumours you have published. Do not forget that anyone is not guilty until proven otherwise in a court of law. I appreciate you will not forget those rights due to me.
Editor’s note:
We accept that Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa is not found guilty in a court of law. However, we do not publish news based on rumours. We publish news on Welikada prisoner killings based on investigation reports and evidence.
Take for example the Thotalanga youth whom you arrested on a drug charge. While the SC was taking up the FR petition filed by him against his arrest, you met his mother and threatened that you would kill him. That youth died in the prison riot.
Also, many who gave evidence before the three member committee said you were linked to the killings. Evidence and investigation findings indicate you had taken three prisoners out of the prison. Their bodies were found later. It is an injustice to their families that you are even yet to be arrested.
We have nothing personal against Inspector Rangajeewa. However, it is a serious matter if the law is not enforced and the law enforcing institutions protect the accused.
We have important information regarding the persons behind the Welikada prisoner killings. Even if the courts do not serve justice, we will publish the details for the knowledge of the generations to come. At least that will help ensure that justice is served in the future.
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