Court Asks for Details of Calls made by Inmates of Black Maria during Kalutara shooting

The prisoners were being transported in Black Maria from the Kalutara Prison to the Kaduwela Courts,  when an unidentified gang attacked the bus.

Kalutara Chief Magistrate Bharathi Wijeratne yesterday called for a report on telephone conversations that took place between individuals inside the prison and those outside on the day the Black Maria carrying inmates from the Kalutara Prison was ambushed and ordered  the telecommunications companies to furnish the required details to court.

Further Magisterial Inquiry was postponed for 16^th March 2017.