Transfer not linked to attempted abduction

12 March 2012 08:30 am

The Officer –In- Charge of the Kolonnawa Police IP S. Samaranayake has been transferred to the field Police headquarters with immediate effect. Speaking to the Daily Mirror Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said that the transfer had no connection with the attempted abduction of the Chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council during the weekend.

“ The transfer was informed to the officer two hours prior to the incident, therefore there was no connection whatsoever to the alleged attempt” he said.(Supun Dias)