Body of Maradana OIC found dead under the fan in his official room ... a mystery

The dead body of the Community Policing Unit Officer-in-Charge at Maradana Police, Nimal Jayaweera (58) was found at about 3 last afternoon in the adjoining restroom attached to the police which he was occupying. A broken piece of wire was found round his neck at that spot. One end of the wire was found dangling from the fan in the room. As such it came to be known that he had

Another police officer had been living at the same official quarters where the deceased was living and he had come to know about this incident after he had finished the number of hours allotted to him as his duty and returned around 2 in the afternoon. Since he was unable to open the door of the room he had opened the window, at which moment he had seen the OIC in a fallen down state. As such he had informed the others and subsequently on breaking open the door and inquiring further it was found that the OIC had taken his life. The reason why this officer committed suicide when he was due for retirement in the very near future is still not clear. The deceased had occupied the position of Community Policing Officer-in-Charge at Maradana Police 2 years ago as a result of a punishment transfer. This punishment transfer was given to Maradana Police Station for having withheld his duties while attached to Giribawa Police as OIC. The other officer mentioned above who was in his company said that he is unable to figure out as for what reason he had died like this. It was said that it is also not clear as to whether he died as a result of his neck being stuck by the wire attached to the fan or by falling down from a height. The magisterial inquiry in this connection was scheduled to be held last afternoon.