Two jailors and a jail motorist connected to Angunakolapelessa Prison have been suspended pending an examination concerning an incident where a bus coming from the prison was parked at a location outside the Weligama town with an inmate and his family members inside on May 16.
The Prisons Media Spokesman Gamini B.
Dissanayake stated it was reported that the prison bus in question was parked near the Weligama railway station with a prisoner.
The prison officers who were securing the bus then left the prisoner in the bus and went to a store in Weligama town to buy materials for their personal requirements.The bus had actually then left the place an instant later on, Dissanayake added, keeping in mind that it was reported that a female and a kid were seen inside the prison bus at that time.During the examinations carried out, it has actually been revealed that this bus came from the Angunakolapelessa Prison which the bus had actually been stopped at a location outside Weligama town while returning from taking a prisoner from the prison to a center at the Karapitiya Hospital.It has actually even more been exposed that the kid and the woman who were inside the bus in concern are family members of the inmate.The Prisons Media Spokesman mentioned that more investigations are being carried out with the assistance of CCTV video and intelligence officers to determine whether the jail officers had actually left after the family members boarded the bus.