{"id":68992,"date":"2017-08-17T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=68992"},"modified":"2017-08-17T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:17:10","slug":"igp-manhandling-police-hq-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/08\/17\/igp-manhandling-police-hq-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP manhandling Police HQ staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

S. Akurugoda<\/em><\/span>
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A video was circulating on social media showing Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara manhandling two minor staffers of the Police Headquarters, who claimed to have disobeyed departmental rules of performing the morning meditation.<\/p>\n

The actual incident portrayed on the footage had reportedly taken place on April 11 this year, as mentioned by the gossip site LEN.<\/p>\n

The video which seemed to have been captured from the Police Headquarters\u2019 CCTV cameras shows Mr. Jayasundara manhandling a person in civvies by his shirt collar and threateningly gestures to slap another man in plain clothing who seems to be a lift operator.<\/p>\n

In the second frame it shows the IGP pointing his finger at someone who\u2019s remaining beyond the camera\u2019s point of view and blaming in a dramatic style.<\/p>\n

Although the audio of the footage was not available it was evident how rowdy is our top rank official who is \u00a0in charge of\u00a0 maintaining the law and order of the country.<\/p>\n

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As per a news item appeared in a\u00a0 news paper (http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk<\/strong>\/article\/Video-circulating-on-social-media-shows-IGP-manhandling-Police-HQ-staff-134700.html<\/em>) , on the same incident, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara appears to have confirmed the incident saying that \u00a0the IGP as the head of the department reprimanded some staffers who had failed to adhere to the morning meditation sessions introduced by IGP since assuming office in April last year. \u00a0It looks like the IGP manhandled the lift operator for disobeying to practice meditation and moving during the period of meditation.<\/p>\n

According to the news paper item,\u00a0 the idea of the said ten minute meditation was to \u00a0cultivate good thoughts and sound mindset of all policemen. However the incident is a clear proof of lack of ‘sound mind set’ of the very same person who introduced the programme.<\/p>\n

Few months ago, we noticed \u00a0the unruly behaviour of another top rank official serving under the ‘Yahapalana’ regime,\u00a0 at the Hambanthota Port premises.\u00a0 The Navy Commander threatened media men with filthy language, \u00a0\u00a0exhibiting his \u00a0‘lack of mindset’ too.<\/p>\n

What would be the situation if an ordinary citizen , especially a critic of the current ‘Yahapalna’ regime,\u00a0 is found manhandling the way the IGP behaved towards the lift operator?<\/p>\n

Rule of law implies that every citizen is subject to the law, including those who are enforcing same. Now that there is clear evidences, the offender should be brought before justice without any hesitation.<\/p>\n

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