Over the last 4 years 91 suspects died in Sinhala Police custody...!!!

Over the last 4 years 91 suspects died in police custody

Over the last four years 91 suspects had died while in police custody, Government Minister Dinesh Gunawardena informed Parliament today. Of those who had died between 205-2009 the Minister said that 32 had died this year alone. (KB & YP)

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Did you mean Suspects die,criminals run?

Posted By: R.F.Maria Dineshan-Jaffna

Wonder how many outside their custody but still under their purview ?

Posted By: SOME

This alone shows how the HR are proyected in this country. Unfortunatley the suspects have a bad habit of inviting the Police to show them the arms and ammunition after 1,00 am in jungles and try to escape. So police have no choice they have to shoot at them once they take arms from hidden places with having hand cuffs in their hands.Onlything ours is a country make many world and guinnies World records in many firlds. Why not Police look for same as all these suspects carries Guns from Jungle's having hand cuffs intheir hands. Don't you think it's something to brake records?

Posted By: mahinda

If police handle suspect very soft hand he could not speak the truth if police handle hardly suspect May died in the police custody this is very sensitive issues. M.Ismail-Riyadh

Posted By: Mohamed ismail

I guess the figure is much higher. If not all the people who died when the tried to herl a grenade is not included.

Posted By: lankaputha

A culture of impunity persists and gathers momentum if there are no safeguards and checks and balances in place on the power of the police. This is not a police state. It is time that the police understood this. The people are the core of a democracy. Such thuggery against the people is unacceptable, and a travesty of everything a buddhist nation stands for.

Posted By: Dr.Sangeetha

Mohammed Ismail, what exactly is so sensitive about this. Any person arrested is INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY. This is the basis of every civilised society. You cant go around killing and beating people up. The Angulana incident is a good example of why the RULE OF LAW should be followed regardless of who the person is. If the police only have a 4% conviction rate it is because of sloppy police work gathering evidence and presenting a case. It's as simple as that.

Posted By: Alistaire

This is a terrible situation. Where are the Human Rights Organizations? Not a single person, not one person should have died when in Police custody. What does Police Custody mean? A suspect is taken in by the Police & Protected until the appearance in Court, not bumped off. This is an utter disgrace. A person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law & not the other way around. What does the GOSL intend to do to rectify this disgraceful situation? The IGP is incompetent, he should resign, if he cannot control the people under him. How many of those that died were completely innocent. We know what most of the S/L Police are like - a gang of hoodlums in uniform.

Posted By: Faqi
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