පොලිස්පතිට එරෙහිව ගම්පහ මහේස්ත්‍රාත්ගෙන් අධිකරණ අපහාස පැමිණිල්ලක්!

Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, WhatNews (සිංහල), Newswire, Sri Lanka Mirror and Ada Derana report that Gampaha Magistrate Bandula Gunaratne forwarded case material to the president of the Court of Appeal to begin contempt proceedings against Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya. WhatNews (සිංහල) says the decision was made on the 21st. Hiru News (தமிழ்) also reports that a file seeking action was sent to the Court of Appeal.

Newswire says the dispute stemmed from two drug-related cases brought against one individual by officers of the Gampaha Police Anti-Corruption Unit. Sri Lanka Mirror reports that two files were sent to the Court of Appeal and that the individual faced a drug-possession allegation based on information allegedly supplied by those officers. Newswire says the magistrate had earlier found the cases unjustified and directed three officers and the Police Department to pay the affected individual Rs. 200,000 in compensation.

Newswire reports that the court had also ordered the IGP to issue a circular instructing police across Sri Lanka not to pursue unjustified cases against innocent people. Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror say police representatives appeared on October 21 and presented guidance dated October 19, issued by the Deputy Inspector General overseeing the Western Province North Range. Newswire says it applied to three police divisions; Sri Lanka Mirror identifies them as Gampaha, Kelaniya and Negombo.

Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the magistrate considered the guidance insufficient because the order required nationwide coverage. Newswire says the magistrate accused police of trying to mislead the court and noted that nearly five months had passed without compliance. The outlets report that the case material was sent to initiate contempt proceedings; they do not report a decision by the Court of Appeal.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.