The Vavuniya High Court has sentenced former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Lalith Jayasinghe, to four years of rigorous imprisonment.
The verdict, delivered today (20), pertains to charges that Jayasinghe aided and abetted Mahalingam Shashikumar, alias Swiss Kumar, the prime suspect in the brutal murder of schoolgirl Vidhya in Jaffna, by facilitating his escape from police custody.
A few days after the incident, Jayasinghe was accused of helping Swiss Kumar evade the law, despite the suspect being captured by local residents and handed over to the police.
Senior State Counsel Nishanth Nagaratnam led the prosecution in the case. The murder of Vidhya, which took place in Punkuduthivu, Jaffna, on May 13, 2015, sent shockwaves across the nation.
