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SLC appoints 3-member panel to probe Danushka Gunathilaka case

Danushka Gunathilaka

Colombo: Just a day after Sri Lanka Cricket board suspended its cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka from โ€œall forms of cricketโ€ following his arrest in Sydney on Sunday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman, the SLC appointed a three-member panel to investigate the matter.
Gunathilaka was arrested in Sydney over alleged charges of rape on Sunday morning. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the arrest was made from the team hotel in Sydneyโ€™s central business district in connection with an alleged sexual abuse complaint of a 29-year-old woman. The sexual assault was reported at a property in Rose Bay earlier in the week. The team manager will be questioned right away by the panel regarding the behaviour of the cricket player and the course of events.
โ€œSri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the appointment of a 3-member investigation panel consisting of Justice Sisira Ratnayake (Retired High Court Judge), Mr. Niroshana Perera, Attorney-at-Law, and Mr. Asela Rekawa, Attorney-at-Law, to initiate an inquiry into the alleged incident involving player Danushka Gunathilaka,โ€ SLC said in an official statement.
โ€œThe committee will also focus the inquiry on various alleged incidents that have come to the attention of Sri Lanka Cricket and that are said to have allegedly taken place during the national teamโ€™s stay in Australia,โ€ it further read.
โ€œThe panel in this process will call for an immediate explanation from the Team Manager pertaining to his conduct, with references to the occurrence of such incidents. Upon submission of the said report by the Panel, the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket will take stern disciplinary action against the players and or officials if proven any wrongdoing or negligence when carrying out official duties,โ€ the statement further read.

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โ€œThe woman met with the man after communicating with him for a number of days via an online dating application; itโ€™s alleged he then sexually assaulted her on the evening of November 2, 2022. As part of ongoing investigations, a crime scene examination was undertaken by specialist police at an address in Rose Bay yesterday. Following further inquiries, a 31-year-old man was arrested at a hotel on Sussex Street, Sydney, shortly before 1 am today (Sunday, November 6, 2022),โ€ said a New South Wales police statement as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Earlier, Gunathilaka was refused bail after the hearing at a local court here at Sydney on Monday. According to a report in โ€˜Sydney Morning Heraldโ€™, Gunathilaka appeared via video link in Downing Centre Local Court on Monday from Surry Hills cells. He was handcuffed and wearing a grey T-shirt, blue jeans and thongs, as his lawyer Ananda Amaranath made a bail application.
Due to a hamstring injury, Gunathilaka was forced to withdraw from the T20 World Cup in the preliminary round. He was replaced in the lineup but stayed in Australia with the team. Since making his debut in November 2015, he has played for Sri Lanka in eight Tests, 47 ODIs, and 46 T20Is.

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CBI conducts searches at 7 locations in J-K sub-inspector recruitment scam case

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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted searches at seven locations in three states in an ongoing investigation of a case related to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspector (JKPSI) recruitment scam.
The searches were conducted in Jammu, Pathankot, Rewari and Karnal at the premises of the accused and other persons involved in the case. CBI had registered the case in August on the request of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir to investigate the allegations of irregularities in the written examination conducted by the J-K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) on March 27, 2022 for the recruitment of 1,200 Sub-Inspectors of Jammu and Kashmir Police. The result of this examination was declared on June 4, 2022.
In this case, 13 accused, including the Commandant of BSF, one then ASI and two then constables of Jammu and Kashmir Police, one then CRPF Constable, one ex-CRPF official, one then teacher, were earlier arrested.

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Searches were also conducted around 77 locations including the premises of the then Chairman & Controller of JKSSB. Cash worth Rs 61.79 lakh (approx) had been recovered.
During the investigation, it was found that the question paper was allegedly leaked by the accused Yatin Yadav, who is in judicial custody, with the help of an employee of the printing press.
It was also alleged that the accused contacted touts based in J-K including constables of J-K Police and CRPF for soliciting candidates who were charged amounts ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 30 lakh (approx) for the paper.
The candidates were allegedly taken to Karnal in Haryana and a question paper was provided to them at a hotel there. The leaked question paper was also allegedly offered to candidates at Gangyal and Jammu.
Further investigation is continuing in the case.

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