INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The former Senior DIG and head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Nilantha Jayawardana, is currently appearing before the Supreme
Court to present his case in relation to the Fundamental Rights petitions filed against him for failing to take action to prevent the Easter
Sunday attacks, despite receiving sufficient intelligence, said Ada Derana reporter.As a result, he and others were ordered to pay
compensation to the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.The Supreme Court ordered former President Sirisena to pay Rs
100 million in compensation to the petitioners, former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and the former SIS Director Nilantha Jayawardena were each
75 million, former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando was ordered to pay Rs
50 million and former National Intelligence Director Sisira Mendis was ordered to pay Rs
10 million from their personal money.On September 27, the Attorney General informed the Supreme Court that contempt of court charges would
be filed against Nilantha Jayawardana, for failing to pay the Rs
appear before the court on today.The 12 petitions were filed by a group of individuals including Nandana Sirimanna, whose two children were
killed in the Easter Sunday attacks, tourism entrepreneur Janath Vidanage, three Catholic Fathers including Rev
Sarath Iddamalgoda and Attorney-at-Law Moditha Ekanayake, who was injured in the bombings at the Shangri-La Hotel.The deadline to complete
the relevant compensation payments was initially set for July 12, 2023.On September 09, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith
Jayasundara had completed the payment of Rs
75 million in compensation to the victims of the Easter Sunday terror attacks, as ordered by the Supreme Court.Meanwhile, former President
Maithripala Sirisena on August 16 had also completed the payments of compensation of Rs
100 million to the victims of the Easter Sunday terror attacks as ordered by the Supreme Court.
