Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has handed over Rs. 1 million to the family of the lorry driver who was killed in a shooting involving a Police officer in Narammala recently.
According to the Police, Acting IGP Tennakoon handed over the cash as compensation on behalf of the Sri Lanka Police.
The money has been handed over to the relatives of the deceased at his residence in Alawwa.
The 40-year-old lorry driver, a father of three, is reported to have died on Thursday (Jan 18) after allegedly being shot by an officer from the Narammala Police, who was in civil attire.
According to eyewitnesses, two Police officers in civil attire had chased after the lorry for failing to heed their commands to stop the vehicle for an inspection at a checkpoint in Dampelessa, Narammala.
Chasing the lorry on a motorcycle, they had stopped the vehicle, after which the senior Police Officer is reported to have loaded his weapon before approaching the driver, and had later fired at him, the eyewitnesses further claimed.
The Sub-Inspector (SI) who had fired at the victim has been arrested and remanded until January 23, 2024, by the Narammala Magistrate’s Court. (NewsWire)