The Sub Inspector involved in the shooting incident in the Narammala where a man shot dead, was remanded till January 31 by Narammala Magistrate.
On Thursday (18 Jan.), a lorry driver aged 41 was killed after a police officer in civvies ‘accidentally’ discharged his firearm during a vehicle inspection. He was identified as a resident of Maharachchimulla area.
The police said the driver had failed to comply with the signal to stop at a checkpoint in Dampelessa, Narammala.
The concerned SI and Constable had then chased down the lorry and pulled it over for a spot inspection, during which the SI had allegedly ‘accidentally’ discharged his firearm, critically wounding the driver, who was rushed to the Narammala District Hospital, but succumbed to injuries shortly after.
The SI in question was subsequently arrested and remanded until January 23. He was further remanded when he was produced in the Narammala Magistrate’s Court.
