Emil Ranjan released on bail

Former Prison Department’s Rehabilitation Commissioner and Magazine Prison’s superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewa who was in remand custody in connection with the killing of 27 Welikada Prison inmates in November 2012, was released on bail by the Court of Appeal today.

He was released on a Rs. 100,000 cash bail and a surety bail of Rs. 5 million.

He was arrested along with Police Narcotic Bureau Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa on March 28, 2018 and was remanded on March 29.