Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara has been released from the case on the alleged attempted criminal intimidation and assault of a Police Headquarters elevator operator in 2017.

He was released from the case by the Fort Magistrate’s Court when the matter was taken up for hearing today. 

On June 2, 2019, the lift number one operator at the Police Headquarters had lodged a complaint with the then Acting IGP over the incident.

The complainant alleged that on April 11, 2017, then IGP Pujith Jayasundera scolded him in foul language and grabbed him by the collar and attempted to assault him inside the elevator.

The incident had reportedly occurred in the backdrop of Jayasundara having instructed not to operate the elevator when the national anthem was being sung and meditation programs were being held. (Newswire)

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A Police officer has sustained injuries after an elevator collapsed at an apartment complex in Colombo yesterday, it was reported.

The elevator had collapsed in ‘Block D’ of the Muwadora Uyana apartment complex in Grandpass. 

The incident is reported to have occurred around 1.30 am on Monday (Nov 11). 

The injured Police Constable had been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital following the incident. (Newswire)

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Parliamentarian Gunathilaka Rajapaksha and his two security officers had gotten stuck inside an elevator at the Kandy District Secretariat, it was reported. 

According to Daily News, MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha and his two security officers were reportedly stuck inside the elevator for 30 minutes yesterday. 

It is reported that the elevator had malfunctioned due to a technical fault while the MP was on his way to the Kandy District Coordinating Committee office in the Kandy District Secretariat building.

The MP, who is also the Kandy District Coordinating Committee Chairman, and his security officers had been removed from the elevator with the assistance of the Police officers on duty at the building. (NewsWire)

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