Motion in SC to release body of prisoner

A motion in the form of an agreement for the release and burial of the body of Tamil prisoner Ganeshan Nimalaruban was filed in the Supreme Court.

The motion signed by both Deputy Solicitor General Shavindra Fernando for the Attorney General and Counsel Saliya Peiris for the parents of the deceased filed the motion in the face of abrupt disruption of the normal functioning of the courts all over the country.

Work in all courts throughout the country came to a grinding halt as a result of a boycott of courts by judges and lawyers as a mark of protest against the alleged attack on the Mannar courts.

In the motion, the parents of the deceased Petitioner Nimalaruban have agreed with the Attorney General with regard to the release and burial of the body of their son as follows:

The Attorney General will give appropriate directions to the police to agree in MC (Mahara) to release the body of the deceased to the parents for burial in Vavuniya;

The parents of the deceased will coordinate with SSP Vavuniya on the modalities of transporting the body of the deceased to Vavuniya and the funeral arrangements in Vavuniya;

The parents of the deceased will coordinate with SSP Vavuniya on the modalities of transporting the body of the deceased to Vavuniya and the funeral arrangements in Vavuniya

Accordingly the police will be directed to take appropriate steps, subject to and order by the Magistrate to have the body of the deceased handed over to the parents on July 23.

Accordingly parties seek that the Registrar be directed to communicate to the Magistrate of Mahara, the contents of the motion.

When the application by the parents of Tamil prisoner Nimalaruban of Nelukulam, Vavuniya for his body be taken to Vavuniya for burial came up before the Supreme Court on Wednesday (18), the Attorney General sought an undertaking that the funeral should be conducted in low profile without causing problems to national security.

Saliya Peiris with Eugene Mariampillai and Ms A. Shelrine looked after the interests of the deceased Nimalaruban.