Media Communiqué
Sri Lanka Army with immediate effect has suspended the services of all three Army personnel (one officer and two soldiers), arrested and subsequently detained for alleged involvement in a robbery of cash and jewellery from a shop in Padukka. The suspects, Lieutenant M.H.A.K Rupasinghe, Private A.K.Y Sathyakumara and Private R.D.P Priyashantha, all three disable Army personnel, alleged to have robbed cash and jewellery, worth over Rs 1 million, were working in an Army welfare project before arrests were made by Special Investigations Unit of the Mirihana Police.
Police after producing them to the Gangodawila Magistrate have obtained a detention order for three of them for a period of 72 hours.
In the meantime, Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police has commenced a parallel investigation into the incident and assured its cooperation to the Police for further action.
Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army, alert to the information, directed the authorities to immediately suspend their services, pending further disciplinary actions on the recommendations of the Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police and Directorate of Legal Services.
Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army in keeping with his ‘zero tolerance policy’ against Army wrongdoers, irrespective of their rank, has directed Army authorities to immediately suspend them from service. (Ends)
