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CID has so far recorded statements of 255 individuals over Mahara Prison riot
By Norman Palihawadane
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recorded statements from 255 individuals up to yesterday regarding the recent Mahara Prison riot.
Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told The Island that 27 statements had been recorded on Saturday (12) alone. Among them were statements from 11 prison officials and 16 inmates.
The CID launched investigations into the incidents on Dec 1.
The expert committee appointed for the conducting of postmortems of the inmates who died in the Mahara Prison riot had so far completed two examinations, DIG Rohana said, adding that reports in that regard were due to be submitted to the court.
Eleven inmates died in the recent violent events at the Mahara Prison and eight of them were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection posthumously.