Retd. railway employee fined

Alleged obstruction of railway line in Gintota Railway Station

An individual who pleaded guilty of placing stones obstructing the smooth functioning of points in the railway line at the Gintota railway station and prevented the trains from changing tracks, was sentenced to six month imprisonment suspended for five years and fined Rs.3,000.

The accused Kankanamge Premadasa was a retired employee of the Railways Department.

The Station Master said the movement of trains had been obstructed by placing stones in this manner and that he had complained on it to the railway security service.

Security Superintendent Anura Premaratne said the officers had examined the CCTV recordings in the surroundings to find that the suspect had continually done so due to a previous animosity with the station master.

OIC Galle Railway Security Unit H.P.W. Lesley Ananda, Sergeants 90858 Sisira Kumara 91016 Ajith Prasanna, 90934 Ananda Lal, 91153 Niluka and 9159 W.a.deepani, had conducted investigations on the instructions of the Assistant Superintendent ( South) G.W. Sumith and Superintendent Anura Premaratne.