30 November 2020 12:20 pm
An independent investigation would be carried out into the Mahara Prision riot to identify the invisible hand in orchestrating mayhem, Prison Reforms & Prisoners' Rehabilitation State Minister Sudarshini Fernandopulle informed Parliament today.
State Minister who was responding to a question raised by the opposition MPs said the government was ready to conduct an independent investigation into the riot.
“ There is an invisible hand which activted suddenly and we are ready to conduct an independent probe to uncover who is behind the riot. This is also a part of a trend of unrest that has been reported from prisons recently," she alleged. (Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)