Today, the committee appointed to investigate the Mahara Prison riot handed over its final report to Justice Minister Ali Sabry,
Retired High Court judge Sarojini Kusala Weerawardena who is the chairman of this committee , handed over the report in the presence of fellow committee members at the ministry premises.
Other committee members named as Chief Legal advisor to the Ministry of Justice U. R. De Silva, Additional Secretary of the Justice Ministry Rohana Hapugaswatte, retired Senior DIG D.R.L. Ranaweera and former Prisons Commissioner Gamini Jayasinghe.
The committee appointed on November 30 .
Its interim report was handed over to the Justice Minister on the 7th of December.
A total of 11 inmates had died while 106 others and 02 prison officials sustained injuries in the Mahara Prison riot on November 29.
Unrest broke out at the prison when a group of inmates allegedly attempted to escape the facility following a conflict with prison officials.
