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Mount Court altercation : Cop previously transferred on disciplinary grounds

The Court of Appeal was informed today that the police constable who was allegedly involved in an altercation with lawyer Gunaratne Wanninayake on October 10 had been transferred to the Mount Lavinia Police Headquarters Station on disciplinary grounds, before the incident.  Appearing on behalf of Wanninayake, President’s Counsel Upul Jayasuriya told the court that the Police Constable had been transferred from the Kesbewa Police Station on disciplinary grounds, in accordance with the Public Service Commission Procedural Rules. Informing the court that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) had failed to disclose this fact to the court, President’s Counsel Jayasuriya raised…

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