SC orders Alawwa Police to pay Rs. 75,000 to tortured media personnel

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Colombo, October 22 (Daily Mirror)- The Supreme Court today ordered three police officers attached to the Alawwa Police Station to pay Rs. 75,000 in compensation to a media professional who was subjected to torture and degrading treatment in 2021.

The three officers were ordered to pay the said amount from their personal funds.

Meanwhile, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, Priyantha Fernando and Sampath Abayakoon, ordered the Attorney General to conduct a criminal investigation into the incident and consider instituting criminal proceedings against the respondent officers.

The petitioner, Thilina Rajapaksha, was an executive presenter/producer at a private radio station. He faced this incident on 1 March 2021, when he left his hometown of Polgahawela to return to Colombo on his motorcycle and, upon approaching the Walakumbura-Alawwa area, was intercepted.

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Saman Wednesday, 22 October 2025 07:33 PM

The compensation seems really low. I have seen several torture cases rulings like this recently and I don't think the compensation even covers legal process costs by victims. And also recently the supreme court upheld a ruling that ordered Rs 500 million in damages to a politician in a defamation case. Something is very wrong.

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naha Wednesday, 22 October 2025 07:58 PM

State Officers who abuse official power for harassing innocents, should be severely punished to pay compensation on their personal funds

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Rip Winkle Wednesday, 22 October 2025 08:05 PM

Just 75k for torture? That's torture for the victim!!!

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