Magistrate raps Govt analyst for failure to submit report

Kapila Somaratne Panadura group corr.

Panadura Magistrate R.S.A. Dissanayke rapped the Government Analyst for failing to forward his report pertaining to the body organs of a suspect who died while in the custody of the Wadduwa police on April 15, 2012.

Dahanayakage Nimal Chandrasiri Appuhamy, a 42 year fisherman of Talpitiya Wadduwa was taken into custody by Sgt Sepala of the Wadduwa police for the possession of two ganja cigars together with Rs. 4,000. The suspect died in the police cell.

On the orders of the Panadura Acting Magistrate Ramani Saram AJMP Dr. Sivasubramanium performed the autopsy on the body and discovered a bleeding injury on the chest which according to the AJMO was a not a fatal one.

He forwarded the specimen of the organs of the body of the deceased to the Government Analyst for report and examination but the official report of the Government Analyst had not been forwarded to the Panadura magistrate for a verdict to be returned.