Commando Staff Sergeant arrested for giving firearm to his brother

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A Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of the Second Commando Regiment of Kilinochchi army camp was arrested for removing a T-56 assault rifle from the camp and giving it to his brother to carry out the recent shooting in Ahungalla.

The STF and Elpitiya Division Criminal Investigation Division officers made the arrest at the Kilinochchi Camp yesterday.

Police said the T-56 firearm belonging to the Second Commando Regiment of the Kilinochchi Camp, used in the shooting incident in front of a hotel in Ahungalla last Wednesday.

The main suspect in the shooting was killed by the STF last Thursday (13).

Investigation revealed that the military man removed the firearm from the camp and gave it to his brother who was previously arrested over the Ahungalla shooting.

The 41-year-old Sergeant from Melsiripura was arrested while on duty with two mobile phones. He was handed over to Ahungalla Police Station for further investigation.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)

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Amman Monday, 17 October 2022 08:05 AM

Is he an RSM, a Staff Sergeant or a Sergeant? 3 different military ranks are stated for the same person in headline, first paragraph and last paragraph. Poor reporting is so common in DM now.

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Iranga Kalansooriya Monday, 17 October 2022 12:19 PM

RSM is not a rank.. it is a designation. In military, rank

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BuffaloaCitizen Monday, 17 October 2022 09:22 AM

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is an outfit to provide State Terrorism. It has never fought a invasion nor a war, but continuously a body for killing its own citizens.

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Marion Jones Monday, 17 October 2022 01:16 PM

Spot on. The poor masses are being taxed heavily and have to bear the brunt to maintain a large armed force of no use to the law-abiding citizens of this country.

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Dee Monday, 17 October 2022 11:01 AM

Whilst priyamali name was shown with videos and photos, why hide the name of this scum? Atleast priyamali was cunning enough to convince top guys to invest. She never lived off our tax money. On this other hand this staff sergeant or whoever is a poor man's tax eating leach. Expose him, no need to be convicted.

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Punchi Monday, 17 October 2022 02:11 PM

The militarisation of the North funded by taking food from the mouths of our children to feed the 330000 is leaking and allowing weapons to seep into the South

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