The Attorney General's Department informed the Supreme Court today that it would not represent the respondent police officers involved in the Narammala shooting incident.
Senior State Counsel Shaminda Wickrema, representing the Attorney General, made this statement during the hearing of a fundamental rights petition filed by the widow of the deceased carpenter who was killed in the Narammala police shooting.
The case was called before a three-judge bench headed by Justice Vijith Malalgoda, where neither the Attorney General nor private counsel appeared for the respondent police officers. The matter has been scheduled for further support on April 4th.
The victim, Roshan Kumarasiri, was fatally shot by Sub Inspector Gunawardena while he was returning home from work. In her petition, the widow, Kamani Rupika Priyangani, is seeking compensation of Rs. 200 million from the police officers, including IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon.
Priyangani stated that she married Kumarasiri in 2007, and they have three children, two of whom are sixteen-year-old twins preparing for their G.C.E. (O/L) examinations this year, while the youngest is an eight-year-old son in grade three.
The petitioner alleges that the respondent police officers acted arbitrarily, abusing their powers during the 'Yukthiya Operation,' and accuses the OIC of Narammala Police Station, Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, and the State of allowing this misconduct to occur.
Additionally, the petitioner claims that Acting IGP Tennakoon visited her home after the incident and provided a one-million-rupee compensation check.
Priyangani seeks a declaration that her husband's fundamental rights, guaranteed under the constitution, were violated by the respondents and the State.
