1 September 2023 05:23 pm
Three policemen including two Police Sergeants and a Constable attached to the Welikada Police Station arrested over the death of Rajkumari, a housemaid who died after being arrested by the Welikada Police, were today ordered to be remanded till September 11 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The victim, R. Rajkumari, a 42-year-old domestic worker at a popular teledrama producer and business personality Sudharma Nethicumara's home who was taken into Welikada Police custody over an alleged theft, died while undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo.
On a previous occasion, the CID arrested a Sub Inspector over the same incident and he was also ordered to be remanded till September 11 after being produced before Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala.
The CID alleged that the first witness, the Sub Inspector, had been entrusted with the duty to keep the victim in police custody following her arrest. The CID said investigations have revealed she had been subjected to ill-treatment while being in police custody. The CID further alleged that Sub Inspector Ajith Kumara had taken steps to admit the deceased woman to the National Hospital, Colombo claiming that she was found in a street after falling and had been ignored.
In an affidavit, the husband of the deceased said the death of his wife R. Rajkumari was suspicious and demanded an independent investigation. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)