IGP has not yet received a court order to arrest the police officers involved in the Rambukkana shooting

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) is yet to receive the court order for the arrest of the police officers involved in the Rambukkana shooting incident, SSP Nihal Thalduwa says.

Speaking on the matter, police spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said necessary action will be taken once the court order is received. On Wednesday (April 27), the Kegalle Magistrate’s Court ordered the IGP to arrest and produce before court all police personnel involved in the shooting which claimed the life of a protester at Rambukkana.

When the case pertaining to the incident was taken up at Kegalle Magistrate’s Court, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in charge of Kegalle divulged that he gave orders to open fire below the knees of protesters who attempted to set fire to a fuel bowser during the tense situation.

According to him, he had first ordered police personnel to fire in the air when the protesters tried to set fire to a filling station, and later to shoot below the knee to prevent major damage after the protesters attempted to set fire to a fuel bowser.