Attorney General Dappula De Livera last week said the arrest of interdicted Negombo Prison Superintendent Anuruddha Sampayo who was evading arrest for 11 days was staged as a special intelligence operation by Sampayo and the Negombo HQI.
The Negombo Police HQI said that Sampayo was arrested following intelligence information and the Police Media Spokesperson also made a statement to the media that the arrest was made based on intelligence information.
However, CCTV footage and the other investigations revealed that the arrest was not conducted based on such intelligence information and those scenes show that Sampayo was welcomed by the Negombo HQI, AG’s department said.
AG’s department today released CCTV footage of the surrounding areas near the scene of Sampayo’s ‘purported’ arrest.
Meanwhile Negombo Magistrate granted bail for Sampayo earlier today.