Srilanka, July 7 -- Multiple investigations have been launched into the recent unrest at the Negombo Prison, the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has confirmed.



Speaking at the weekly Cabinet media briefing at the Department of Government Information today (07), Minister Jayatissa said the Cabinet of Ministers approved the appointment of an independent three-member committee comprising a retired Supreme Court judge, an official from the Attorney General's Department and a senior attorney-at-law to investigate the incident.



He said separate investigations are also being carried out by the Negombo Police, the Colombo Crime Division (CCD), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the Department of Prisons. ...