Sri Lanka, Oct. 21 -- Gampaha Magistrate Bandula Gunaratne referred a case file to the President of the Court of Appeal to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya over failure to comply with a court order.

The magistrate ruled that the IGP disregarded court instructions and accused police of attempting to mislead the judiciary, according to BBC Sinhala.

Two drug-related cases filed against the same individual by officers of the Gampaha Police Anti-Corruption Unit caused the dispute.

The magistrate previously found the cases lacked proper justification and ordered three police officers and the Police Department to pay Rs. 200,000 in total compensation to the affected individual....