Former HQI further remanded

by Z. M. Razik in Kandy

Former Headquarters Inspector of Matale police Sisira Kumara Jayasekera, who was remanded earlier for failing to appear in court to face charges in three abduction cases, was further remanded till December 3 by Mrs. Kumudini Wickramasinghe, High Court Judge, Kandy when he was produced in court on Thursday.

When the cases were called, Upali Gunaratne with Nimal Jayasinghe filed an application for bail for the accused. He told court that S. K. Jayasekera is an accused in three cases of abductions and wrongful confinements alleged to have taken place during 1989 and 1990.

He said that the accused had been on remand for more than three months and moved that he be released on bail with conditions.

Shaminda Wickrema, State Counsel, told court that in the early stages of the cases the accused had appeared in court and in the later stages he had failed to appear on several occasions.

He said that accused was arrested on warrants issued by court and produced in court by a special police team and objected to bail.