Cops in Kottawa robbery case remanded

Four police constables attached to the Malabe Police who were arrested for cheating a person and fraudulently seizing a gold necklace and a mobile phone at Kottawa Vidyala Junction on August 20 were further remanded by Homagama Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura yesterday.

When these four suspects were produced in Court yesterday (25), they were sent for an identification parade where the plaintiff identified the four suspects.

Police said the suspects are residents of Uhana, Pannipitiya, Wallalawita and Anuradhapura areas.

The four persons are a police Sergeant and three Police Constables attached to the Malabe Police Station and one of them is attached to the Special Bureau.

On the 20th night, these four officers stopped a person with speaking disability on the road while they were on duty near the Kottawa Vidyala Junction on a three-wheeler belonging to one of the officers.

An Apple mobile phone and a gold chain that he was wearing were fraudulently seized on the pretext of a search by the policemen.

A person named Lahiru Shan, a resident of Uduwaka,Walasmulla had made a complaint to the Kottawa Police on August 21 against the four police officers who came in a three-wheeler stole his mobile phone and gold necklace.

During an investigation conducted by Kottawa Police OIC Subhashana Vanniarachchi, regarding the three-wheeler bearing WP-QF-9191, it was revealed that the three-wheeler belonged to a police officer attached to Malabe Police.

The four suspects were arrested by the Kottawa police and after questioning, the stolen Apple mobile phone and the gold necklace were found by the police and the three-wheeler used for the robbery was also taken into police custody.