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Court rejects former IGP's request to amend dock statement
April 24, 2026 at 8:26 PM The Colombo Special High Court Trial-at-Bar on Friday (24) rejected the request by former Inspector General (IGP) of Police Pujith Jayasundara to add new facts to his dock statement. The request was made in the case filed against him over alleged criminal negligence for failing to prevent the Easter Sunday attack despite prior intelligence warnings. The order was delivered by a three-judge bench headed by justice Priyantha Liyanage. Attorney-at-law Roshan Dehiwala, appearing for Pujith Jayasundara, informed court that his client had unintentionally left out two matters in his dock statement and requested permission to present them to the court. (NewsWire) 2026-04-24
Court rejects former IGP's request to update dock statement
The Colombo Special High Court Trial-at-Bar today (24) rejected a request by former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara to add new facts to the statement he previously made from the dock. This request was made in the case filed against him for criminal negligence of duty for failing to prevent the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks despite receiving prior intelligence.The order was delivered by a three-member High Court bench led by Priyantha Liyanage.Retired Senior Deputy Inspector General Nandana Munasinghe and Eastern Province Deputy Inspector General Varuna Jayasundara also appeared before the court as defence witnesses for this case.
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