{"id":150142,"date":"2025-06-09T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T23:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=150142"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T23:20:12","slug":"suspended-commissioner-general-of-prisons-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/06\/09\/suspended-commissioner-general-of-prisons-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended Commissioner General of Prisons arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, who was suspended from duty today (09), has been arrested by the Criminal investigation Department (CID), police confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, the CID arrested the Commissioner General of Prisons this evening in connection with investigations into allegations that he aided and abetted the unlawful release of an inmate from Anuradhapura Prison under the Presidential Pardon granted for Vesak Poya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect is currently in the custody of the CID and is scheduled to be produced before Magistrate\u2019s Court No. 01 at the Aluthkade Courts Complex tomorrow (June 10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0da9 \u0dad\u0dc4\u0db1\u0db8\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0db6\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dcf\u0dbb \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dc3\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca \u0da2\u0db1\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc2\u0dcf\u0dbb \u0d8b\u0db4\u0dd4\u0dbd\u0dca\u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba CID \u0d85\u0dad\u0dca\u0d85\u0da9\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Ei5SEEf5kM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The CID is conducting further investigations into the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, a decision was taken by the Cabinet of Ministers to suspend the services of Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was taken during today\u2019s weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move comes as the CID launched an investigation over claims that an inmate of the Anuradhapura Prison was unlawfully released as part of the Presidential Pardon granted for this year\u2019s Vesak Poya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, in order to facilitate an impartial inquiry, Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya has been suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, yesterday (08), the Superintendent of the Anuradhapura Prison was arrested by the CID over allegations of unlawfully releasing an inmate of the Anuradhapura Prison under the Presidential Pardon granted for Vesak Poya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, who was suspended from duty today (09), has been arrested by the Criminal investigation Department (CID), police confirmed. 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