Sri Lanka, April 29 -- By Upali Ananda - Anuradhapura
Five police officers including the then OIC of the Bharatipuram Police Station in the Trincomalee District were sentenced to life with rigorous imprisonment after being convicted over an incident that happened 26 years ago.
The North Central Provincial High Court Judge, Manoj Thalgodapitiya, delivered the judgement.
Indictments had been served against them for being present in the police station when the incident in which eight unarmed Tamils were taken to the police station and gunned down by an armed group.
Two other police officers were acquitted from the charges. The convicts are Inspector of Police R. M. Ranaraja Bandara who served as the OIC of the Bharatipuram Police Station i...