Where have all their loved ones gone?
Waiting for information: Scene outside Mahara Prison after the incident The next of kin of inmates who were at the Mahara Prison during the November 29 catastrophe are on the lookout for their loved ones. Most of them have not been able to trace their whereabouts. The result has been a collective effort by the Committee to Protect the Rights of Prisoners headed by Senaka Perera, Attorney-at-law. This Committee has now obtained sworn affidavits from close relatives of inmates who were visiting the Mahara Prison until the incidents broke out there. According to Edirisinghe Karunawathie (55) of ...