-- Court allows prosecution to probe details of sim cards and
phones
By Shehan Chamika Silva
Additional Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda yesterday
during his submission revealed that the Special group of Prison Department
officers has found three mobile phones and five sim cards from the remand cell
of Arjun Aloysius and Kasun Palisena in the Colombo Remand Prison.
He said initially the prosecution had received an
information that Aloysius and Palisena are allegedly communicating with
outsiders using mobile phones and based on that the Prison Department had
conducted a search on June 29, 2018 around 2 pm at 'H' ward of the remand
prison.
The Officials have found one mobile phone kept between the
pillows of Arjun Aloysius, said ASG Kodagoda.
However, President's Counsel Anil Silva who appeared on
behalf of Aloysius denied the allegation and said that those findings were not
belonged to his client nor he had used them to communicate with outside as
there were 30 other remand prisoners in the cell.
Acceding the prosecution's request the Magistrate permitted
the CID to obtain details relating to the Sim cards and the imei numbers of the
mobile phones.
ASG Kodagoda also pointed out that these findings could lead
to more revelations while it could also amount to an offence fell under Prison
Ordinance.
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