Retired SSP Shani Abeysekara has sought compensation of Rs. 1 billion from four senior police officers for his wrongful arrest and prosecution, it was reported.
According to NewsFirst, Abeysekara has sent a letter of demand to four senior police officers, including the current Inspector General of Police (IGP) and a Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG).
Abeysekara has sent the letter via his lawyer, attorney-at-law Manjula Balasooriya, alleging that the respondents victimized him and abused the court process.
The letter is addressed to IGP C.D. Wickramaratne, SDIG Deshabandu Tennakoon, IP Jagath Nishantha and ASP Neville Silva, while the Attorney General has also been cited as a respondent.
Shani Abeysekara was arrested in July 2020 and was charged under the Offensive Weapons Act and Explosives Devices Act.
Abeysekara, the former senior superintendent of police who headed the CID, was accused of fabricating evidence in the case against former DIG Vaas Gunawardena, his son and four other police officers.
The Court of Appeal discharged Abeysekara from the case in August this year, prompting the Attorney General to withdraw the charges filed against him. (NewsWire)