India, Feb. 20 -- The Prisons Department has deployed an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons to investigate the incident in which a special category suspect named Ganemulla Sanjeewa was shot dead in the court premises, said Prisons Commissioner (Media Spokesperson) Gamini B. Dissanayake.

In addition, a preliminary investigation has also been initiated by the Colombo Remand Prison.

The suspect named Ganemulla Sanjeewa alias Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, who was detained at the Boossa High Security Prison, had twenty-two cases to resolve in court, and the court had ordered his physical production to Aluthkade Magistrate's Court No. 09 yesterday (19). In addition, he was scheduled to be produced in Aluthkade Magistrate's Court No. 05 for t...