DIG Vass for abduction and assault

The Petitioners have cited the Attorney General, Vass Gunawardena, IGP N.K. Illangakoon and Officer-in-Charge of the Athurugiriya Police Station, S.D.K.K. Senanayaka, as Respondents.

In their petition, the petitioners state on 4 August 2009, Ravindu Gunawardena, son of Vass Gunawardena abducted Nipuna, along with some other police officers, and assaulted and tortured him.The incident occurred when Vass Gunawardena was the Director of the Colombo Crimes Division and Nipuna and Ravindu were students of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology of Malabe, the Petitioners stated.

They also stated, the assailant stripped off Nipuna’s clothes, photographed him, and trampled on his head, beating him severely with wooden poles on his arms, shoulders and ribs.

Nipuna was hospitalized for approximately two weeks.
In the meantime, Nipuna has already filed a Fundamental Rights application in the Supreme Court.
The Court has granted leave to proceed in the FR application bearing number 661/2009, the Petitioners stated. The Petitioners specifically stated the said acts of torture were committed by the suspects mentioned in case No. 4577, under the direction and control of DIG Vass Gunawardena.

The Petitioners also stated DIG Anura Senanayake, making representations on 31 August 2009, on the directive of the Kaduwela Magistrate, said there was no reason to frame charges against Vass Gunawardena and continued without him as an accused.