Sri Lanka, March 12 -- Colombo, March 12 ()- The Attorney General's Department yesterday informed Supreme Court that the Attorney General would not appear on behalf of the respondent police officers who were involved in the Narammala police shooting.

Senior State Counsel Shaminda Wickrema appearing for the Attorney General made these remarks when the fundamental rights petition filed by the widow of the carpenter who died in Narammala police gunfire was called before the Supreme Court three-judge-bench headed by Justice Vijith Malalgoda.

When the matter was called before Supreme Court, neither the Attorney General nor the private counsel appeared on behalf of the respondent police officers. The matter was fixed for support on April 4. ...